Joslin Diabetes Center-led researchers suggest Veillonella bacteria could be formulated into probiotic supplement to help people exercise more effectively.

The study just published in Nature Medicine shows that a particular species of gut bacteria called Veillonella, which is abundant in marathon runners, seems to improve running performance and help ...

Veillonella bacteria increased in some runners’ guts after a marathon, ... And several of the study authors are part of the company FitBiomics, which is exploring probiotic supplements, ...

It's highly unlikely that you could just take a Veillonella supplement to get a boost in your athletic performance, because "it's harder to replicate an effect" in the human body than in mice, ...

Though a few groups of bacteria in the gut are able to eat lactate, Veillonella is one of the only groups that can convert lactate into molecules called short-chain fatty acids. “Short-chain ...

Next, the researchers isolated a strain of Veillonella atypica from the athletes’ poo and fed it to mice. Treadmill tests showed this bacteria-enhanced diet boosted the animals’ performance by ...

The mice with the bacteria in their stomachs were able to run for 13 percent longer than mice who didn't get the benefit of Veillonella -- a small difference, but one that could make a huge ...

When they looked at post-exercise mice with and without Veillonella in their systems, the animals’ lactate levels weren’t that different. Instead, they looked closer at the propionate the gut bacteria ...

(CNN) -- Great athletes not only have heart, they have guts -- special guts. Boston Marathon runners and Olympic athletes have higher than usual amounts of Veillonella bacteria in their digestive ...

An overabundance of the bacteria Veillonella in the digestive tract may increase pain in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). An overabundance of the bacteria Veillonella in the digestive ...

New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise. These bacteria, members of the genus Veillonella, are ...

New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise. These bacteria, members of the genus Veillonella, are ...