Bifidobacterium: Difference between revisions

▲ [[paediatrician|pediatrician]] at the [[Pasteur Institute]] in Ohio, isolated a bacterium characterised by a Y-shaped morphology ("bifid") in the intestinal microbiota of breast-fed infants and named it "bifidus".<ref name="tspace.library.utoronto.ca">{{cite journal|url=https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/6600/1/jb05023.pdf|title=Potential of probiotics as biotherapeutic agents targeting the innate immune system|journal=African Journal of Biotechnology|date=February 2005}}</ref> In 1907, [[Élie Metchnikoff]], deputy director at the Pasteur Institute, propounded the theory that [[lactic acid]] bacteria are beneficial to human health.<ref name="tspace.library.utoronto.ca"/> Metchnikoff observed that the [[longevity]] of Bulgarians was the result of their consumption of [[fermented milk products]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://mail.successmakers.com/uploads/Probiotics_-_100_years_after_Elie_Metchnikoff_PhDs_Obsevations.pdf |title=Probiotics: 100 years (1907–2007) after Elie Metchnikoff's Observation |journal=Communicating Current Research and Educational Topics and Trends in Applied Microbiology |date=February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004072755/http://mail.successmakers.com/uploads/Probiotics_-_100_years_after_Elie_Metchnikoff_PhDs_Obsevations.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-04 }}</ref> Metchnikoff also suggested that "oral administration of cultures of fermentative bacteria would implant the beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract".<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://asso-epa.com/pioneers-of-probiotics/|title=Pioneers of Probiotics|journal=European Probiotic Association|date=February 2012|access-date=2013-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722170616/http://asso-epa.com/pioneers-of-probiotics/|archive-date=2013-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>