Bifidobacterium

See also: bifidobacterium

Translingual

Bifidobacterium adolescentis

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin bifidus (“divided into two parts”) + bacterium

Proper noun

Bifidobacterium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bifidobacteriaceae – Gram-positive, non-motile, often branched anaerobic bacteria, among the gut flora.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Actinobacteria - phylum; Actinobacteria - class; Actinobacteridae - subclass; Bifidobacteriales - order; Bifidobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bifidobacterium longum

References

• Bifidobacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bifidobacterium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bifidobacterium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bifidobacterium at National Center for Biotechnology Information