Bhandari, V., Ahmod, N.Z., Shah, H.N., and Gupta, R.S. "Molecular signatures for Bacillus species: demarcation of the Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus clades in molecular terms and proposal to limit the placement of new species into the genus Bacillus."

Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Bacillota, with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-shaped bacteria; and the plural Bacilli is the name of the class of …

Feb 21, 2024 · Here, in this review, we first systematically survey the taxonomic development of the Bacillus genus by summarizing the emergence of novel species, re-classification, and re-description of its members at a few critical milestone time points.

Bacterial taxonomy is subfield of taxonomy devoted to the classification of bacteria specimens into taxonomic ranks. Archaeal taxonomy are governed by the same rules. In the scientific classification established by Carl Linnaeus, [1] each species …

Bacillus, any of a genus of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic bacteria widely found in soil and water. Some types of Bacillus bacteria are harmful to humans, plants, or other organisms. Learn about the features and types of …

THE NCBI Taxonomy database allows browsing of the taxonomy tree, which contains a classification of organisms.

Jun 23, 2021 · Some species, known as part of the genus Bacillus, have been reassigned to different genera and families. The first molecular taxonomic classification to distinguish the various domains of life is related to the use of 16s rRNA sequence.

Jan 11, 2024 · In this chapter, taxonomic developments, antimicrobial peptides, and changing pattern in taxonomy of Bacillus species are discussed.

Jul 13, 2021 · An investigation into the taxonomy of “Bacillus aminovorans” and its reclassification to the genus Domibacillus as Domibacillus aminovorans sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2017. 40 (7): p. 458-467.

Aug 19, 2021 · Until recently, the genus Bacillus comprised over 500 species. In 2020, there were multiple publications noting large reclassifications and taxonomic changes to the genus Bacillus.