Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Dong. X.. Xin. Y.. Jian. W.. Liu. X.. Ling. D.. Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic digester. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1 January 2000. 50. 1. 119–125. 10.1099/00207713-50-1-119. 10826794. free.
  2. Gagnon. Mélanie. Kheadr. Ehab E.. Dabour. Nassra. Richard. Denis. Fliss. Ismaïl. Effect of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum probiotic feeding on enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in BALB/c mice. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2006. 111. 1. 26–33. 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.041. 16822570.
  3. ZHU . L. . LI . W. . Dong . X. . 2003 . Species identification of genus Bifidobacterium based on partial HSP60 gene sequences and proposal of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum subsp. porcinum subsp. nov . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 53 . 5 . 1619–1623 . 10.1099/ijs.0.02617-0. 13130059 . free .

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