{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Paenibacillus alvei | authority = (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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Inon|last2=Ron|first2=Ilan G|last3=Ben-Jacob|first3=Eshel|title=From branching to nebula patterning during colonial development of the Paenibacillus alvei bacteria|journal=Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications|volume=286|issue=1–2|pages=321–336|doi=10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00335-6|year=2000 |bibcode=2000PhyA..286..321C }}</ref> This species is associated with the honey bee disease European foulbrood.<ref>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Mike|title=Bee Parasites, Predators and Diseases|url=http://beeremovalusa.teiapitchandputt.com|publisher=American foulbrood - barrier systems|accessdate=17 October 2014}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Djukic|first1=M.|last2=Becker|first2=D.|last3=Poehlein|first3=A.|last4=Voget|first4=S.|last5=Daniel|first5=R.|title=Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus alvei DSM 29, a Secondary Invader during European Foulbrood Outbreaks|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|date=26 October 2012|volume=194|issue=22|pages=6365|doi=10.1128/JB.01698-12|pmid=23105091|pmc=3486397}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=11461&submit=Search Type strain of ''Paenibacillus alvei'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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Category:Paenibacillaceae Category:Bacteria described in 1885
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