Paenibacillus larvae

Paenibacillus larvae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Paenibacillaceae
Genus:	Paenibacillus
Species:	P. larvae
Binomial name
Paenibacillus larvae (White, 1906) Ash et al., 1994 emend. Heyndrickx et al., 1996 emend. Genersch et al., 2006
Synonyms[1]
Bacillus larvae White, 1906 Bacillus pulvifaciens Nakamura, 1984 Paenibacillus pulvifaciens (Nakamura, 1984) Ash et al., 1994 Paenibacillus larvae pulvifaciens (Nakamura, 1984) Heyndrickx et al., 1996 Paenibacillus larvae larvae (White, 1906) Ash et al., 1994 emend. Heyndrickx et al., 1996

Paenibacillus larvae is a species of bacterium, found worldwide, which causes American foulbrood, a fatal disease of the larvae of honeybees (Apis mellifera). It is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium,^[2] which forms spores which can remain viable for at least thirty-five years.^[3]