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Molecular genetic study of species and strain variability in bifi dobacteria population in intestinal microfl ora of breast-fed infants and their mothers

  • E. V. Kulagina
  • , A. N. Shkoporov
  • , L. I. Kafarskaia
  • , E. V. Khokhlova
  • , N. N. Volodin
  • , E. E. Donskikh
  • , O. V. Korshunova
  • , B. A. Efimov

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Abstract

Qualitative and quantitative composition of enteric bifi dofl ora was studied in a group of 13 mother-infant pairs. Pure cultures of Bifi dobacterium strains were isolated from feces and their species were identifi ed by PCR with species-specifi c primers or by partial sequencing of 16S rDNA. The strains were compared by REP-PCR. The most incident Bifi dobacterium species in mothers were B. longum and B. adolescentis. The infants were mainly colonized by B. bifi dum and B. longum. The mother and her baby were colonized by the same Bifi dobacterium species in 9 of 13 cases. In 5 (38.5%) of these cases, these pairs of strains were identical by their REP-PCR profi les. These strains belonged to B. longum in one case, B. bifi dum in 3 cases, and B. adolescentis in 1 case. Our results support the hypothesis on early colonization of infants with maternal bifi dobacterium strains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)61-64
Number of pages4
JournalBulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
Volume150
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bifi dobacteria
  • Enteric microfl ora
  • REP-PCR

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