Family Bifidobacteriaceae
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Bifidobacterium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bifidobacteriaceae, the Bifidobacterium family.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WARD-RAINEY (N.L.): Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 479-491.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Bifidobacterium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bifidobacteriaceae, the Bifidobacterium family.
Reference: ZHI (X.Y.), LI (W.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 589-608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
