| Bifidobacteriaceae | |
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| Bifidobacterium adolescentis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Bifidobacteriales Stackebrandt et al. 1997[1] |
| Family: | Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)
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| Genera[2] | |
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The Bifidobacteriaceae are the only family of bacteria in the order Bifidobacteriales.[3] According to the 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 published by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project, the order Bifidobacteriales is a clade nested within the suborder Micrococcineae, also the genus Bifidobacterium is paraphyletic to the other genera within the family, i.e. the other genera are nested within Bifidobacterium.
- ^ a b Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL (1997). "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47 (2): 479–491. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-479.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Bifidobacteriaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ Mantzourani M, Fenlon M, Beighton D (February 2009). "Association between Bifidobacteriaceae and the clinical severity of root caries lesions". Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 24 (1): 32–7. doi:10.1111/j.1399-302X.2008.00470.x. PMID 19121067.