Paenibacillus alvei

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]

Paenibacillus alvei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Paenibacillales
Family:	Paenibacillaceae
Genus:	Paenibacillus
Species:	P. alvei
Binomial name
Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994