Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum
Species of bacterium
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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]
| Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Bifidobacteriales |
| Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Bifidobacterium |
| Species: | B. thermacidophilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum Dong et al. 2000 | |
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]
