Bifidobacterium merycicum

Bifidobacterium merycicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. merycicum
Binomial name
Bifidobacterium merycicum Biavati & Mattarelli 1991

Bifidobacterium merycicum is a bacterium found in bovine rumens. ^[1]

References

1. Biavati, B.; Mattarelli, P. (1991). "Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the Rumens of Cattle". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 41 (1): 163–168. doi: 10.1099/00207713-41-1-163 . ISSN   0020-7713. PMID   1995032.

Further reading

• Wood, B. J.; Holzapfel, W. H. N. (1995). The Genera of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Springer. pp. 300–. ISBN   978-0-7514-0215-5.
• Gerald W. Tannock (2005). Probiotics and Prebiotics: Scientific Aspects. Horizon Scientific Press. pp. 40–. ISBN   978-1-904455-01-1.
• Saarela, M. (31 May 2007). Functional Dairy Products. Elsevier. pp. 310–. ISBN   978-1-84569-310-7.
• Liong, Min-Tze (28 July 2011). Probiotics: Biology, Genetics and Health Aspects. Springer. pp. 21–. ISBN   978-3-642-20838-6.

External links

• "Bifidobacterium merycicum". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• LPSN
• Type strain of Bifidobacterium merycicum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase