The role of Bifidobacterium longum in a healthy human gut community: Difference between revisions
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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
<b> Kingdom </b> Bacteria | |||
<b> Division </b> Actinobacteria | |||
<b> Class </b> Actinobacteria | |||
<b> Order </b> Bifidobacteriales | |||
<b> Family </b> Bifidobacteriaceae | |||
<b> Genus </b> Bifidobacterium | |||
<b> Species </b> longum | |||
[[Image:B. longum.png|thumb|300px|right|Scanning Electron Micrograph of <i> Bifidobacterium </i> cells cultured by Professor Gerald Tannock of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2014 [http://micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/gerald-tannock/].]] | [[Image:B. longum.png|thumb|300px|right|Scanning Electron Micrograph of <i> Bifidobacterium </i> cells cultured by Professor Gerald Tannock of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2014 [http://micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/gerald-tannock/].]] | ||
<br>By Luke Calcei<br> | <br>By Luke Calcei<br> |
Revision as of 01:19, 28 April 2016
Classification
Kingdom Bacteria Division Actinobacteria Class Actinobacteria Order Bifidobacteriales Family Bifidobacteriaceae Genus Bifidobacterium Species longum
![](/images/thumb/7/7d/B._longum.png/300px-B._longum.png)
Scanning Electron Micrograph of Bifidobacterium cells cultured by Professor Gerald Tannock of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2014 [1].
By Luke Calcei
Introduce the topic of your paper. What is your research question? What experiments have addressed your question? Applications for medicine and/or environment?
Section 1
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![](/images/7/7f/B._longum_plot.png)
Scatter plot representing the effect of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis on intestinal epithelial cell viability. The study was done by O'Hara et al in 2006 [2].
![](/images/thumb/6/6c/BMD_plot.png/300px-BMD_plot.png)
Scatter plot representing bowel movement difficulty in subjects given Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis supplement in comparison with Lactobacillus salivarius supplemetn and a placebo. The study was done by O'Mahony et al in 2005 [3].
Section 2
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Section 3
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Section 4
Conclusion
References
Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2016, Kenyon College.