A hitherto unrecognized biochemical difference between human milk and cow's milk

Gyorgy, P.; Kuhn, R.; Norris, R.F.; Rose, C.S.; Zilliken, F.

A.M.A. American Journal of Diseases of Children 84(4): 482-484

1952


ISSN/ISBN: 2374-2941
PMID: 12975840
Document Number: 8125
A specific mutant of Lactobacillus bifidus (variety Penn) isolated from the feces of a breastfed infant showed no growth in the usual medium satisfactory for most strains of L. bifidus. It required for its propagation the addition of a specific "growth factor" present in human milk.

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A hitherto unrecognized biochemical difference between human milk and cow's milk