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.^[2][3] Prior to 1969, this species was referred to as strains of Bacillus constellatus.^[4]

Bifidobacterium asteroides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Bifidobacteriales
Family:	Bifidobacteriaceae
Genus:	Bifidobacterium
Species:	B. asteroides
Binomial name
Bifidobacterium asteroides Scardovi and Trovatelli 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Synonyms
"Bacillus constellatus" White 1921