The composition of human milk is very complex, has a large number of bioactive compounds, including oligosaccharides (OS). These compounds can be free or conjugated. The free OS are the third component of human milk after lactose and lipids, in recent decades, more than 130 OS have been isolated and...
The ability of six lactic acid bacteria to produce α-L-fucosidase is reported here for first time, opening a wide field of investigation related to the metabolism and assimilation of human milk oligosaccharides by lactic acid bacteria. Lactobacillus casei IMAU60214, Lactobacillus casei Shirota, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, Lactobacillus rhamnosus KLDS, Lactobacillus helveticus...