The Gut Microbiota in Infants: Focus on Bifidobacterium
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Gut Microbiota".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 55173
Special Issue Editors
Interests: newborn microbiota; probiotics; antibiotics; Bifidobacterium; research ethics
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Interests: microbiota; probiotics; prebiotics; bifidobacterium
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Microorganisms will present a collection of articles providing the current view of gut microbiota research, at both basic and applied levels, in infancy, its role, and the consequences for later health, with special focus on the genus Bifidobacterium. In recent years, there have been great efforts to understand the importance of the intestinal microbiota for the infant and later health, to elucidate its composition at the different stages, and develop nutritional intervention strategies for its modulation. Therefore, the intestinal microbiota has been studied in depth at different stages of child development and in different pathological situations. However, there are still important gaps in the importance of alterations in the microbiota, and specifically in the role of some microorganisms of great relevance in the infant intestinal ecosystem, such as the members of the genus Bifidobacterium. Bifidobacteria are not just among the predominant intestinal microorganisms during early life, strains of this genus are often included as probiotics in infant foods, thus constituting key microorganisms in infancy. In this context this Special Issue entitled “The Gut Microbiota in Infants: Focus on Bifidobacterium” will cover, from a multidisciplinary perspective, research topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Role of infant intestinal microbiota in the maintenance of health.
- Development of the gut microbiota, including the genus Bifidobacterium, along the different stages of infant development; from the neonatal period to adolescence.
- Impact of both long and short-term interventions in infancy on the intestinal microbiota composition and function.
- Use of probiotics, including the genus Bifidobacterium, in neonates and pediatric population.
- Effect of feeding habits, infant foods, etc., on Bifidobacterium.
- In vitro and animal studies elucidating the mechanisms involved in the bifidobacteria–host interaction.
As Guest Editor of this Special Issue, we invite you to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications related to the above-mentioned topics.
Dr. Gonzalo Solís Sánchez
Prof. Dr. Miguel Gueimonde
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut microbiota
- bifidobacterium
- probiotics
- prebiotics
- newborn
- infants
- breastfeeding
- infant foods
- host interaction
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