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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 4497-4499Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02515-05
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [P01 ES011269, P42 ES04699, P01 ES11269, P42 ES004699] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [T32 GM008799, T32-GM08799] Funding Source: Medline
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It has been proposed that human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) function as a prebiotic for bifidobacteria, yet this activity has not been adequately investigated. In this study, Bifidobacterium infantis was shown to ferment purified HMO as a sole carbon source, while another gut commensal, Lactobacillus gasseri, did not ferment HMO. Our results support the hypothesis that HMO selectively amplify bacterial populations in the infant intestine.
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