paenalcaligenes hermetiae paenalcaligenes hermetiae paenalcaligenes hermetiae is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, short rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus paenalcaligenes which has been isolated from the gut of the larva hermetia illucens. paenalcaligenes hermetiae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: burkholderiales family: alcaligenaceae genus: paenalcaligenes species: p. hermetiae binomial name paenalcaligenes hermetiaelee et al. 2013 type strain jcm 18423, kacc 16840, kbl009