Bifidobacterium bifidum

Bifidobacterium bifidum
Close view of Petri dish culture plate containing brain heart infusion (BHI) agar growth medium, inoculated with Bifidobacterium bifidum which, after a 42–72hr incubation period, has developed dewdrop-type bacterial colonies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. bifidum
Binomial name
Bifidobacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Synonyms[2][1]
Tissieria bifida (Tissier 1900) Pribram [de] 1929 Nocardia bifida (Tissier 1900) Vuillemin 1931 Lactobacillus parabifidus Weiss and Rettger 1938 Lactobacillus bifidus type II Weiss and Rettger 1938 Cohnistreptothrix bifidus (Tissier 1900) Negroni and Fischer 1944 Bifidibacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Prévot 1938 Bifidobacter bifidus [citation needed] Bacteroides bifidus (Tissier 1900) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 Bacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Lehmann and Neumann 1927 Bacillus bifidus communis Tissier 1900 Bacillus bifidus Tissier 1900 Actinomyces parabifidus (Weiss and Rettger 1938) Pine [es; it] and Georg 1965 Actinomyces bifidus (Tissier 1900) Nannizzi 1934 Actinobacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Puntoni 1937

Bifidobacterium bifidum is a bacterial species of the genus Bifidobacterium. B. bifidum is one of the most common probiotic bacteria that can be found in the body of mammals, including humans.