Bifidobacterium longum
Bifidobacterium longum is a species of Gram-positive anaerobic branched rod-shaped bacterium which can be found in the intestines of infant humans. They inhibit the growth of Gram-negative bacteria by producing lactic acid, and digest the complex sugars in human breast milk.[1] Due to its importance, its genome was sequenced in 2002.[2]
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- ^ Sela, D. A.; Chapman, J.; Adeuya, A.; Kim, J. H.; Chen, F.; Whitehead, T. R.; Lapidus, A.; Rokhsar, D. S. et al. (2008). "The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis reveals adaptations for milk utilization within the infant microbiome". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (National Academy of Sciences) 105 (48): 18964–18969. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809584105. PMC 2596198. PMID 19033196. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/48/18964.full.
- ^ Schell, Mark A.; Karmirantzou, Maria; Snel, Berend; Vilanova, David; Berger, Bernard; Pessi, Gabriella; Zwahlen, Marie-Camille; Desiere, Frank et al. (2002). "The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum reflects its adaptation to the human gastrointestinal tract". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (National Academy of Sciences) 99 (22): 14422–14427. doi:10.1073/pnas.212527599. PMC 137899. PMID 12381787. http://www.pnas.org/content/105/48/18964.full.