Selected cellular-form breadth within Bifidobacteriaceae, shown as eight cellular bodies in five groupings. This family-level reconstruction is non-exhaustive, non-diagnostic, and not a micrograph.
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- Bifidobacteriaceae — NCBI TaxonomyComparative genomics of the family BifidobacteriaceaeBifid Shape Is Intrinsic to Bifidobacterium adolescentisAlloscardovia omnicolens gen. nov., sp. nov.Gardnerella — NCBI Taxonomy
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Bifidobacteriaceae is the family containing Bifidobacterium and related genera (Alloscardovia). It is the dominant family in the healthy infant gut and a significant commensal family in adults.
Family-level depletion is documented in ASD (marked reduction of Actinobacteria phylum),[1]Coretti 2018 — Gut Microbiota Features in Young Children With Autism Spectrum DisordersLorena Coretti, Lorella Paparo, Maria Pia Riccio et al. · 2018Open reference 1 ↓ schizophrenia,[2]The Gut Microbiome and Schizophrenia: The Current State of the Field and Clinical ApplicationsSzeligowski T, Yun AL, Lennox BR et al. · 2020Open reference 2 ↓ and metabolic syndrome.[3]Gut Virome Profiling Identifies a Widespread Bacteriophage Family Associated with Metabolic SyndromePatrick A. de Jonge, Koen Wortelboer, Torsten P. M. Scheithauer et al. · 2022Open reference 3 ↓
For lower-rank detail, see Bifidobacterium, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis, and Alloscardovia.
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Bifidobacteriaceae is the family containing bifidobacterium and related genera (alloscardovia). It is the dominant family in the healthy infant gut and a significant commensal family in adults. Family-level depletion is documented in ASD (marked reduction of Actinobacteria phylum), schizophrenia, and metabolic syndrome.
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- Bifidobacterium—dominant genus
- Bifidobacteriales—order context
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Lorena Coretti, Lorella Paparo, Maria Pia Riccio et al. (2018). Coretti 2018 — Gut Microbiota Features in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Microbiology.
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Szeligowski T, Yun AL, Lennox BR et al. (2020). The Gut Microbiome and Schizophrenia: The Current State of the Field and Clinical Applications. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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Patrick A. de Jonge, Koen Wortelboer, Torsten P. M. Scheithauer et al. (2022). Gut Virome Profiling Identifies a Widespread Bacteriophage Family Associated with Metabolic Syndrome. Nature Communications.
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Hongliang Cao, Difei Zhang, Pengyu Wang et al. (2024). Cao 2024 — Gut Microbiome: A Novel Preventive and Therapeutic Target for Prostatic Disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
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