Domain : Bacteria
Phylum : Actinobacteria
Class : Actinobacteria
Order : Bifidobacteriales
Family : Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus : Bifidobacterium ( gram-positive )
Bifidobacterium Orla-Jensen 1924, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Bifidobacteriales Stackebrandt et al.1997; type genus of the family ¤ Bifidobacteriaceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997).
Type species: Bifidobacterium bifidum (Tissier 1900) Orla-Jensen 1924 (Approved Lists 1980).
Synonyms: “Tissieria” Pribram 1929, “Bifidibacterium” Prévot 1938.
Etymology: L. adj. bifidus, cleft, split, divided; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Bifidobacterium, a cleft rodlet.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online – Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: ORLA-JENSEN (S.): Classification des bactéries lactiques. Lait, 1924, 4, 468-474.
Refrence : http://www.bacterio.net/