Retention of Microbiota Diversity by Lactose-Free Milk in a Mouse Model of Elderly Gut Microbiota

• Published in: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 67; no. 7; pp. 2098 - 2112
• Main Authors: Ntemiri, Alexandra, Ribière, Céline, Stanton, Catherine, Ross, R. Paul, O’Connor, Eibhlís M, O’Toole, Paul W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.02.2019
• Subjects: animal models; antibiotics; dysbiosis; elderly; genes; human nutrition; intestinal microorganisms; Lachnospiraceae; lactose free diet; mice; nutrients; oligosaccharides; prebiotics; ribosomal RNA; Ruminococcaceae; soy protein; whole milk; prebiotic potential; faecal microbiota; “humanized” mice; lactose free milk; soy protein; milk; glycomacropeptide; aging

Prebiotics may improve aging-related dysbiosis. Milk is a source of nutrients including oligosaccharides whose prebiotic potential remains largely unexplored. We used a murine model to explore the effect of milk products on high diversity and lower diversity faecal microbiota from healthy and frail...