The invention concerns micro-organism strains, in particular of lactic acid bacteria,
having a glycosylation modulating effect of intestinal cell surface. The invention
also concerns a method for selecting micro-organism strains, in particular of lactic
acid bacteria, which consists in measuring the average fluorescence intensity variation
of HT29-MTX cells incubated in the presence of a lectin coupled with a fluorochrome
after being in contact with the supernatant of the strain concerned. Said lactic
acid bacteria strains can be used, optionally in the form of their active fraction,
for preparing food compositions or medicines or food supplements, modulating glycosylation
of glycoproteins of intestinal epithelial cells.