Lactate cross-feeding between Bifidobacterium species and Megasphaera indica contributes to butyrate formation in the human colonic environment

• Main Authors: Zhao, Sainan, Lau, Raymond, Zhong, Yang, Chen, Ming-Hsu
• Other Authors: School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Cross-feeding; Lactate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178632
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Butyrate, a physiologically active molecule, can be synthesized through metabolic interactions among colonic microorganisms. Previously, in a fermenting trial of human fecal microbiota, we observed that the butyrogenic effect positively correlated with the increasing Bifidobacterium population and a...