Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum

Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from an anaerobic digester used to treat wastewater from a tofu farm. The species is thermophilic and can grow at a temperature of 49.5 °C.^[1]

Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. thermacidophilum
Binomial name
Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum Dong et al. 2000

Strains of B. thermacidophilum have been experimentally used as probiotics. It was effective in reducing damage to the gut in a mouse model of E. coli infection.^[2]

B. thermacidophilum has been divided into two subspecies: subsp. Porcinum and subsp. Thermacidophilum.^[3]