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Bifidobacterium

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Bifidobacterium /Bi·fid·o·bac·te·ri·um/ (bi″fid-o-bak-tēr´e-um) a genus of obligate anaerobic lactobacilli commonly occurring in the feces.
bifid (bī´fid),
adj divided in two.
bifid tongue,
bifid uvula,
Bifidobacterium
n a genus of anaerobic bacteria containing gram-positive rods of highly variable appearance. Pathogenicity for human beings or for animals has not been reported, although these bacteria have been isolated from the feces of infants and older people.

Bifidobacterium
a genus of gram-positive obligately anaerobic lactobacilli commonly occurring in the feces.


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Bifidum regularis, Dannon's name for Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010.
[dagger]) Other category includes Bifidobacterium (2), Brevibacterium (2), Actinomyces (1), Aureobacterium (1), Erysipelothrix (1), Eubacterium (1), and Oerskovia spp.
Children who have been on repeated courses of antibiotics can benefit from supplementation with Lactobacillus acidophilus (for those seven and older) or Bifidobacterium bifidus (for those under seven).
 
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