An international team of researchers has identified an intestinal bacterium that could play an important role in maintaining muscle strength, a discovery that could pave the way for the development of probiotics capable of combating muscle loss with age, informs EFE. The study, carried out by researchers from the University of AlmerĂa (UAL), the University of Granada (UGR) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands, identified a bacterium of the genus Roseburia