353 Occurrence of Lactobacillus Reuteri, Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in Human Breast Milk

Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in Human Breast Milk: Influence of Antibiotherapy and Other Host and Clinical Factors

OBJECTIVE The objective of this work was to study the lactobacilli and bifidobacteria population in human milk of healthy women, and to investigate the influence that several factors (including antibioteraphy during pregnancy and lactation, country and date of birth, delivery mode, or infant age) may exert on such population. METHODS A total of 160 women living in Germany or Austria provided ...

Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum in Breast Milk

Backgrounds : The role of potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria of human milk   in  the  early  colonization and protection of infant against infections is the subject of increasing researches. Colonization with Lactobacillus plantarum in early infancy is suggested to be important for health in later life. However, we presently investigated the strain of Lactobacil...

Breast-milk lactobacilli and bifidobacteria: opportunities for the development of infant formulas

Identification of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria.

Selective culture media and phenotypic tests enable lactobacilli to be differentiated from morphologically similar bacteria. The accurate identification of Lactobacillus species can be accomplished by reference to 16S rRNA gene sequences. Species-specific, PCR primers that target the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region are available for a limited number of Lactobacillus species. Molecular methods for th...

Probiotic LactobaciLLi and bifidobacteria in the Mouth