Belongs within: Bacilli.
Bacillus is a diverse genus of rod-shaped, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria that produce dormant endospores when exposed to unfavorable conditions.
<==Bacillus |--+--B. pumilusVK03 | `--B. subtilisVK03 [incl. B. subtilis var. nigerCV66] `--+--+--B. firmusHV04 | `--+--B. badiusHV04 | `--B. lentusHV04 `--+--B. benzoevoransHV04 `--+--+--B. circulansHV04 | `--B. nealsonii Venkateswaran, Kempf et al. 2003VK03 `--+--+--B. jeotgaliHV04 | `--B. methanolicusHV04 `--+--+--B. fumarioliHV04 | `--‘B. pseudomegaterium’VK03 `--+--B. niaciniHV04 `--+--B. drentensis Heyrman, Vanparys et al. 2004HV04 `--+--B. bataviensis Heyrman, Vanparys et al. 2004HV04 `--+--B. soli Heyrman, Vanparys et al. 2004HV04 `--+--B. novalis Heyrman, Vanparys et al. 2004HV04 `--B. vireti Heyrman, Vanparys et al. 2004HV04 Bacillus incertae sedis: B. aeolius Gugliandolo, Maugeri et al. 2003VP IJSEM03 B. alcalophilusPHK96 B. amyloliquefaciensPHK96 B. anthracisKE03 B. azotofixansE92 B. brevisCM92 ‘B. caldolyticus’DC03 B. caldotenaxC-S02 B. cereusVK03 B. coagulansPHK96 B. elektroni Blunck 1929P92 B. fastidiosusPHK96 B. haloalkaliphilusMO03 B. halodenitrificansSJ04 B. haloduransZ03 B. horikoshiiHV04 B. infernusKGP02 B. larvae White 1906BB37 B. laterosporusZ92 B. licheniformisVK03 B. mycoidesVK03 B. nitritollensZ92 B. oleroniusHV04 B. pantothenticusZ92 B. pasteuriiPHK96 B. pluton White 1906BB37 B. popilliaePHK96 B. pseudomycoidesLDSV04 B. psychrophilusPHK96 B. psychrosaccharolyticusVK03 B. pulvefaciensZ92 B. pycnoticusAS92 B. schlegeliiAS92 B. selenitireducens Switzer Blum et al. 2001JC08 B. shackletoniiHV04 B. stearothermophilusMN03 B. subterraneus Kanso, Greene & Patel 2002KGP02 B. thermantarcticus Nicolaus et al. 2002JC08 B. thermocatenulatusDC03 B. thermocloacaeDC03 B. thermoruberDC03 B. thermosphaericusLDSV04 B. thuringiensisL91 |--B. t. var. thuringiensisL91 `--B. t. var. israelensisL91 B. weihenstephanensisLDSV04 0--B. megateriumVK03 `--+--B. flexusVK03 `--B. simplexVK03
*Type species of generic name indicated
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