Species Bacillus alvei

Name: Bacillus alvei Cheshire and Cheyne 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ve.i. L. masc. n. alveus, a beehive; L. gen. masc. n. alvei, of a beehive

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 6344; CCUG 1815; CIP 66.18; DSM 29; IFO 3343; JCM 20131; LMG 13253; NBRC 3343; NCCB 48008; NRRL B-383; VKM B-502

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16S rRNA gene: AJ320491 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cheshire FR, Cheyne WW. The pathogenic history and history under cultivation of a new Bacillus (B. alvei), the cause of a disease of the hive bee hitherto known as foul brood. Journal of the Royal Microscopic Society, Series II 1885; 5:581-601.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus alvei (Cheshire and Cheyne 1885) Ash et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus alvei is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 57 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cheshire FR, Cheyne WW. The pathogenic history and history under cultivation of a new Bacillus (B. alvei), the cause of a disease of the hive bee hitherto known as foul brood. Journal of the Royal Microscopic Society, Series II 1885; 5:581-601.

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Species Bacillus alvei