''Paenibacillus alvei'' (formerly ''Bacillus alvei'') is a species of bacteria within the order

Bacillales Bacillales, from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", are an order (biology), order of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the Bacillota. The ''Bacillales'' are the most productive order of the phylum ''Firmicutes''. Representative ...

. Like other species within the genus ''

Paenibacillus ''Paenibacillus'' is a genus of facultative anaerobic, endospore-forming bacteria, originally included within the genus ''Bacillus'', and then reclassified as a separate genus in 1993.Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD: Molecular identification of rRNA ...

'', strains of this species grow in novel, vortex-like, or branched patterns. This species is associated with the honey bee disease European foulbrood.

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Type strain of ''Paenibacillus alvei'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Paenibacillaceae Bacteria described in 1885 {{bacilli-stub