| 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.
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.
B. thermacidophilum has been divided into two subspecies: subsp. Porcinum and subsp. Thermacidophilum.
References
- Dong, X.; Xin, Y.; Jian, W.; Liu, X.; Ling, D. (1 January 2000). "Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic digester". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-119. PMID 10826794.
- Gagnon, Mélanie; Kheadr, Ehab E.; Dabour, Nassra; Richard, Denis; Fliss, Ismaïl (2006). "Effect of Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum probiotic feeding on enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in BALB/c mice". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 111 (1): 26–33. doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.041. PMID 16822570.
- 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. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02617-0. PMID 13130059.
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