Card 02Shape: Y

Biff

Bifidobacterium bifidum. Eats the fibre you can’t digest and turns it into acetate and lactate.

Card 02Shape: Y

Biff

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Eats the fibre you can’t digest and turns it into acetate and lactate.

Biff

The stats

Shape: A branched rod, often a Y. “Bifid” means split in two.
Hangs out: Large intestine.
Eats: Inulin and FOS.
Fun fact: Bifidobacteria are among the first microbes to move into a newborn’s gut.

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The file on Biff

Biff is a bifidobacterium: a rod that branches, often into a Y. His branches double as raised arms, which is handy, because he cheers a lot.

He lives in the colon and eats the fibres your own enzymes can’t cut, like inulin and FOS. He ferments them into acids like acetate and lactate. A little gas comes along too.

Shape: A branched rod, often a Y. “Bifid” means split in two.
Hangs out: Large intestine.
Eats: Inulin and FOS.
Fun fact: Bifidobacteria are among the first microbes to move into a newborn’s gut.

AnnouncerBiff does not actually own a fork. He ferments.

Far-out fact

“Bifid” is Latin for split in two. That’s the Y.

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