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Khan MT, Dwibedi C, Sundh D, Pradhan M, Kraft JD, Caesar R, Tremaroli V, Lorentzon M, Bäckhed F
Nature 620 (7973) 381-385 [2023-08-00; online 2023-08-02]
The human gut microbiota has gained interest as an environmental factor that may contribute to health or disease1. The development of next-generation probiotics is a promising strategy to modulate the gut microbiota and improve human health; however, several key candidate next-generation probiotics are strictly anaerobic2 and may require synergy with other bacteria for optimal growth. Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is a highly prevalent and abundant human gut bacterium associated with human health, but it has not yet been developed into probiotic formulations2. Here we describe the co-isolation of F. prausnitzii and Desulfovibrio piger, a sulfate-reducing bacterium, and their cross-feeding for growth and butyrate production. To produce a next-generation probiotic formulation, we adapted F. prausnitzii to tolerate oxygen exposure, and, in proof-of-concept studies, we demonstrate that the symbiotic product is tolerated by mice and humans (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03728868 ) and is detected in the human gut in a subset of study participants. Our study describes a technology for the production of next-generation probiotics based on the adaptation of strictly anaerobic bacteria to tolerate oxygen exposures without a reduction in potential beneficial properties. Our technology may be used for the development of other strictly anaerobic strains as next-generation probiotics.
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PubMed 37532933
DOI 10.1038/s41586-023-06378-w
Crossref 10.1038/s41586-023-06378-w
pmc: PMC10412450
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06378-w
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03728868