| General Information of MIC (ID: MIC00941) |
| MIC Name |
Paenibacillus larvae (firmicutes)
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| MIC Synonyms |
Bacillus larvae
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| Body Site |
Gut
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| Lineage |
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Paenibacillaceae
Genus: Paenibacillus
Species: Paenibacillus larvae
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| Oxygen Sensitivity |
Facultative anaerobe
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| Microbial Metabolism |
Fermentative
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| Gram |
Positive
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| Genome Size (bp) |
4056006
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| Description |
Paenibacillus larvae is a facultative anaerobic, Gram positive, spore-forming bacterium that is the causative agent of American foulbrood, the most devastating bacterial disease of the honeybee. It is antibiotic resistant.
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| Disease Relevance |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus [ICD-11: 5A11] |
| Description |
Paenibacillus larvae was associated with type 2 diabetes. |
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