Bacterium
paenibacillus alvei
Definitions related to paenibacillus alvei:
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(bacillus alvei) Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Bacillus alvei.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(bacillus alvei) A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is motile, spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase positive, does not reduce nitrate, indole positive, and hydrolyzes casein, esculin, gelatin, and starch. B. alvei, also known as Paenibacillus alvei, is found in soil and honeybee colonies, and is one of the causes of European foulbrood disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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