Paenibacillus larvae

TaxID: 1464

Basic Information

Paenibacillus larvae

Foulbrood

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.

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Taxonomic Information

Bacteria

Bacillota

Bacilli

Bacillales

Paenibacillaceae

Paenibacillus

larvae

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Photos (5 photos)

Paenibacillus larvae
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Paenibacillus larvae
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Paenibacillus larvae
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Paenibacillus larvae
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Paenibacillus larvae
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Malaysia Quarantine pests —

Distribution (11 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

11
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bhutan Present —
China Present —
Colombia Present —
Greece Present —
India Present —
Kenya Present —
Mexico Present —
Russian Federation Present —
United States of America Present —
Viet Nam Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000988145.1 Contig 4 75 75 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature