Bifidobacterium is one of the dominating bacterial genera in the honey bee gut, and they are
the key degrader of diet polysaccharides for the host. Previous genomic analysis shows that …

The acquisition and assimilation strategies followed by members of the infant gut microbiota
to retrieve nitrogen from the gut lumen are still largely unknown. In particular, no information …

Bifidobacteria have increasingly been shown to exert positive health benefits to humans,
which are clearly reflected by their application in various commercialised dairy products and …

Bifidobacteria, which represent common commensals of mammalian gut, are believed to
have positive effects on human health. The influence of certain non-digestible carbohydrates …

Members of the Bifidobacterium longum species have been shown to possess adaptive
abilities to allow colonization of different mammalian hosts, including humans, primates and …

Resistant starch (RS) is a complex prebiotic carbohydrate beneficial to the human gut. In the
present study, four genes encoding for putative amylolytic enzymes, likely to be responsible …

Bifidobacterium asteroides is considered the ancestor of the genus Bifidobacterium, which
has evolved in close touch with the hindgut of social insects. However, recent studies …

Riboflavin or vitamin B2 is the precursor of the essential coenzymes flavin mononucleotide
(FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). Despite increased interest in microbial …

At present, prebiotics, like probiotics, are receiving more attention as a promising tool for
health maintenance. Many studies have recognized the role of prebiotics in preventing and …

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies have overcome the limitations of
cultivation-dependent approaches and allowed detailed study of bacterial populations that …