Oligosaccharides in 4 Different Milk Groups, <i>Bifidobacteria</i>, and <i>Ruminococcus obeum</i>

Abstract

Our data show that milk groups 1, 2, and 3, containing an amount of oligosaccharides ranging within 10 to 15 g/L, share a substantially identical composition of the intestinal microbiota in breast-fed infants, despite quali-quantitative difference in oligosaccharides content. Newborns taking milk with only 5 g/L of oligosaccharides (group 4) harbour a different intestinal microbiota.