Paenibacillus alvei

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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.[1] This species is associated with the honey bee disease European foulbrood.[2][3]

Kingdom:Bacillati
Phylum:Bacillota
Class:Bacilli
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Paenibacillus alvei
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Paenibacillaceae
Genus: Paenibacillus
Species:
P. alvei
Binomial name
Paenibacillus alvei
(Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994
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Drawings that illustrate foulbrood, from The honey bee - a manual of instruction in apiculture (1899).

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