Bifidobacterium asteroides

Bifidobacterium asteroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. asteroides
Binomial name
Bifidobacterium asteroides (Scardovi and Trovatelli, 1969)

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.

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. 

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