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) coretti 2018 gut microbiota young asd children, schizophrenia szeligowski 2020 gut microbiome schizophrenia review, and metabolic syndrome dejonge 2022 gut virome bacteriophage metabolic syndrome.
For species-level detail, see bifidobacterium, bifidobacterium bifidum, bifidobacterium infantis, alloscardovia.
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- bifidobacterium — dominant genus
- bifidobacteriales — order context