Lactobacillus casei, and the twenty-year argument over its name
Named for cheese, anchored to a disputed type strain, and closely tangled with L. paracasei and L. zeae.
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Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the yogurt organism that shrank to fit milk
Half of the partnership that makes yogurt, an organism whose genome has been shrinking to fit milk, and where it was finally found in the wild.
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Lactobacillus reuteri, the species that split by host
Named after a person, split into lineages that each specialize in a different host animal, and now officially Limosilactobacillus reuteri.
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Lactobacillus plantarum, and why its name changed in 2020
The lactic acid bacterium named for plants, why it turns up in so many fermented foods, and why it is now called Lactiplantibacillus plantarum.
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Bifidobacterium longum, and the organism it keeps being mistaken for
A forked, anaerobic bacterium described in 1963, and why it keeps getting confused with B. bifidum and B. infantis.
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Why does poop float?
Floating stool is a gas question, not a fat one. A 1972 study tested the fat explanation, and it lost.
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Dr. Howard Robins on The Donna Drake Show
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Meet Doctor's Biome Women's Health
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