title: [Isolation and identification of an oxygen-tolerant strain of Bifidobacterium from human feces].
abstract: This paper reports 136 strains suspected to be species of the genes Bifidobacterium isolated from adult human faeces. Through detection of the ability to tolerate molecular oxygen in cultural environments, we obtained an oxygen-resistant strain TQ21-2-2 according to the Bergy's manual. It was identified as Bifidobacterium longum. A limited number of drinking the beverage, the experiments also using this strain in milk as a starter revealed that this strain has been found useful for treating cases with constipation.
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Institute of Light Industry, Food Engineering Department.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003248:Constipation / Q000628:therapy; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans