| 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 | |
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Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994 |
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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. This species is associated with the honey bee disease American foulbrood.