Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are key pollinators that support global agriculture and are long-
established models for developmental and behavioural research. Recently, they have …

Dietary fiber is a widely recognized nutrient for human health. Previous studies proved that
dietary fiber has significant implications for gastrointestinal health by regulating the gut …

Antibiotics are deployed against bacterial pathogens, but their targeting of conserved
microbial processes means they also collaterally perturb the commensal microbiome. To …

The human gut microbiota is engaged in multiple interactions affecting host health during
the host's entire life span. Microbes colonize the neonatal gut immediately following birth …

Diet-microbe interactions play an important role in modulating the early-life microbiota, with
Bifidobacterium strains and species dominating the gut of breast-fed infants. Here, we …

Background Species-level genetic characterization of complex bacterial communities has
important clinical applications in both diagnosis and treatment. Amplicon sequencing of the …

Discoveries made in the past 5 years indicate that the composition of the intestinal
microbiota has a major influence on the effectiveness of anticancer immunosurveillance and …

Members of the genus Bifidobacterium are among the first microbes to colonize the human
gastrointestinal tract and are believed to exert positive health benefits on their host. Due to …

The genus Bifidobacterium is included within the phylum Actinobacteria, class
Actinobacteria (high G+ C Gram‐positive bacteria), order Bifidobacteriales, and family …

The significance of Bifidobacterium to human health can be appreciated from its early
colonization of the neonatal gut, where Bifidobacterium longum represents the most …