Age-Related Changes in the Composition of Gut Bifidobacterium Species

• Published in: Current microbiology Vol. 74; no. 8; pp. 987 - 995
• Main Authors: Kato, Kumiko, Odamaki, Toshitaka, Mitsuyama, Eri, Sugahara, Hirosuke, Xiao, Jin-zhong, Osawa, Ro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Bacteria; Bifidobacterium; Bifidobacterium - classification; Bifidobacterium - isolation & purification; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Cell number; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Colon; Colonization; Correlation; elderly; feces; Feces - microbiology; Female; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Gastrointestinal tract; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Geriatrics; Health; Healthy Volunteers; human health; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intestinal microflora; intestinal microorganisms; Intestine; intestines; Japan; Life Sciences; Male; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Neonates; Older people; Oldest old people; Polymerase chain reaction; Primers; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real time; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Small intestine; Transition points; Weaning; Young Adult

Bifidobacteria are one of the major components in human microbiota that are suggested to function in maintaining human health. The colonization and cell number of Bifidobacterium species in human intestine vary with ageing. However, sequential changes of Bifidobacterium species ranging from newborns...