"Bifidobacterium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A rod-shaped, gram-positive, non-acid-fast, non-spore-forming, non-motile bacterium that is a genus of the family Bifidobacteriaceae, order Bifidobacteriales, class ACTINOBACTERIA. It inhabits the intestines and feces of humans as well as the human vagina.
| Descriptor ID |
D001644
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.100 B03.510.460.400.400.049.100
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bifidobacterium" by people in Profiles.
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Probiotic Bifidobacterium strains and galactooligosaccharides improve intestinal barrier function in obese adults but show no synergism when used together as synbiotics. Microbiome. 2018 06 28; 6(1):121.