- Source: Bifidobacterium asteroides
Bifidobacterium asteroides is a gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Various strains of this species have been isolated from the hindguts of honey bees. Prior to 1969, this species was referred to as strains of Bacillus constellatus.
References
Further reading
Hayashi, Kyohei; Maekawa, Itaru; Tanaka, Kunifusa; Ijyuin, Susumu; Shiwa, Yu; Suzuki, Ippei; Niimura, Youichi; Kawasaki, Shinji (January 2013). "Purification and characterization of oxygen-inducible haem catalase from oxygen-tolerant Bifidobacterium asteroides". Microbiology. 159 (1): 89–95. doi:10.1099/mic.0.059741-0. PMID 23154971.
External links
Type strain of Bifidobacterium asteroides at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
