Bifidobacterium

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Bifidobacterium [‚bī·fə·dō·bak′tir·ē·əm]

(microbiology)

A genus of bacteria in the family Actinomycetaceae; branched, bifurcated, club-shaped or spatulate rods forming smooth microcolonies; metabolism is saccharoclastic.

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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).

Ear infection in children by Schmidt, Michael A. / Mothering

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