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Bifidobacterium

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Bifidobacterium /Bi·fid·o·bac·te·ri·um/ (bi?fid-o-bak-ter´e-um) a genus of obligate anaerobic lactobacilli commonly occurring in the feces.
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.
Helpful bacteria: should you take probiotics? by Schardt, David / Nutrition Action Healthletter
[dagger]) Other category includes Bifidobacterium (2), Brevibacterium (2), Actinomyces (1), Aureobacterium (1), Erysipelothrix (1), Eubacterium (1), and Oerskovia spp.
Gram-positive rod surveillance for early anthrax detection by Hadler, James L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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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