General

@ref: 2259

BacDive-ID: 11517

DSM-Number: 5612

keywords: Bacteria, mesophilic

description: Paenibacillus apiarius BX 5 is a mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from bee larvae.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 46240
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 2259
• history: <- NRRL <- H. Katznelson, Canadian Dept. of Agr., (B. apiarius) BX 5

doi: 10.13145/bacdive11517.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/bacteria
• keyword: phylum/bacillota
• domain: Bacteria
• phylum: Bacillota
• class: Bacilli
• order: Caryophanales
• family: Paenibacillaceae
• genus: Paenibacillus
• species: Paenibacillus apiarius
• full scientific name: Paenibacillus apiarius (ex Katznelson 1955) Nakamura 1996

@ref: 2259

domain: Bacteria

phylum: Firmicutes

class: Bacilli

order: Bacillales

family: Paenibacillaceae

genus: Paenibacillus

species: Paenibacillus apiarius

full scientific name: Paenibacillus apiarius (ex Katznelson 1955) Nakamura 1996

strain designation: BX 5

variant: Colony variant of BacDive ID 11516

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 2259
• name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/1
• composition: Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 2259
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 30
• range: mesophilic

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 2259
• sample type: bee larvae

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 2259
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

External links

@ref: 2259

culture collection no.: DSM 5612, ATCC 29576, NRRL NRS-1439

Reference