title: Ability of Bifidobacterium breve to grow on different types of milk: exploring the metabolism of milk through genome analysis.
abstract: We have investigated the occurrence of bifidobacteria in human milk samples, and we provide evidence regarding the predominance of members of the Bifidobacterium breve species in this environment. Moreover, evaluation of the growth capabilities and transcriptomic analyses of one representative isolate of this species, i.e., B. breve 4L, on different milk types were performed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11a, 43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turroni
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foroni
authors.forename: Fausta
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viappiani
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Montanini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bottacini
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrarini
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bacchini
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rota
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delledonne
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ottonello
authors.forename: Douwe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Sinderen
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D019295:Computational Biology; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics*; D008892:Milk / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D041941:Milk Substitutes / Q000378:metabolism; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*