Paenibacillus alvei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Paenibacillaceae |
Genus: | Paenibacillus |
Species: | P. alvei |
Binomial name | |
Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994 |
Paenibacillus alvei (formerly Bacillus alvei) is a species of bacteria within the order Bacillales. Like other species within the genus Paenibacillus, strains of this species grow in novel, vortex-like, or branched patterns. This species is associated with the honey bee disease European foulbrood.