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
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. bifidum
Binomial name
	Bifidobacterium bifidum; (Tissier 1900) Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms
	Tissieria bifida (Tissier 1900) Sablon:ill 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 ; 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) Sablon:ill and Georg 1965; Actinomyces bifidus (Tissier 1900) Nannizzi 1934; Actinobacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Puntoni 1937;