The response of energy metabolism to administration of Bifidobacteria is strain dependent. Different strains of Bifidobacteria might drive different directions of fat distribution.

Long-term H. pylori colonization affected the distribution and numbers of indigenous microflora in stomach and duodenum. Successful colonization caused a more severe gastritis. Gastric microenvironment may be unfit for lactobacilli fertility after long-term H. pylori infection, while enterococci, S. aureus, bifidobacteria, and bacteroides showed their adaptations.