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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