Paenibacillus larvae

Paenibacillus larvae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Paenibacillales
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
	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 are a species of bacterium, found worldwide, which cause American foulbrood, a fatal disease of the larvae of honeybees (Apis mellifera). It is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, which forms spores which can remain viable for at least thirty-five years.