Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Bifidobacterium |
Species: | B. thermacidophilum
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Binomial name | |
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum Dong et al. 2000
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Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from an anaerobic digester used to treat wastewater from a tofu farm. The species is thermophilic and can grow at a temperature of 49.5 °C. [1]
Strains of B. thermacidophilum have been experimentally used as probiotics. It was effective in reducing damage to the gut in a mouse model of E. coli infection. [2]
B. thermacidophilum has been divided into two subspecies: subsp. Porcinum and subsp. Thermacidophilum. [3]
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Bifidobacterium |
Species: | B. thermacidophilum
|
Binomial name | |
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum Dong et al. 2000
|
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from an anaerobic digester used to treat wastewater from a tofu farm. The species is thermophilic and can grow at a temperature of 49.5 °C. [1]
Strains of B. thermacidophilum have been experimentally used as probiotics. It was effective in reducing damage to the gut in a mouse model of E. coli infection. [2]
B. thermacidophilum has been divided into two subspecies: subsp. Porcinum and subsp. Thermacidophilum. [3]