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Entity:
Bacillaceae (Family)
..Aciduricibacillus (Genus)
..Aeribacillus (Genus)
..Aidingibacillus (Genus)
..Aliibacillus (Genus)
..Alkalibacillus (Genus)
..Alkalicoccobacillus (Genus)
..Alkalicoccus (Genus)
..Alkalihalobacillus (Genus)
..Alkalihalobacterium (Genus)
..Alkalihalophilus (Genus)
..Alkalilactibacillus (Genus)
..Allobacillus (Genus)
..Alteribacillus (Genus)
..Alteribacter (Genus)
..Amphibacillus (Genus)
..Anaerobacillus (Genus)
..Anoxybacillus (Genus)
..Anoxybacteroides (Genus)
..Aquibacillus (Genus)
..Aquisalibacillus (Genus)
..Aureibacillus (Genus)
..Avamphibacillus (Candidatus)
..Calculibacillus (Genus)
..Caldalkalibacillus (Genus)
..Caldibacillus (Genus)
..Calditerricola (Genus)
..Calidifontibacillus (Genus)
..Camelliibacillus (Genus)
..Cerasibacillus (Genus)
..Compostibacillus (Genus)
..Desertibacillus (Genus)
..Domibacillus (Genus)
..Ectobacillus (Genus)
..Evansella (Genus)
..Exiguobacterium (Genus)
..Falsibacillus (Genus)
..Ferdinandcohnia (Genus)
..Fermentibacillus (Genus)
..Fervidibacillus (Genus)
..Fictibacillus (Genus)
..Filobacillus (Genus)
..Geobacillus (Genus)
..Geomicrobium (Genus)
..Gottfriedia (Genus)
..Gracilibacillus (Genus)
..Halalkalibacillus (Genus)
..Halalkalibacter (Genus)
..Halalkalibacterium (Genus)
..Halobacillus (Genus)
..Halolactibacillus (Genus)
..Heyndrickxia (Genus)
..Hydrogenibacillus (Genus)
..Jilinibacillus (Genus)
..Lederbergia (Genus)
..Lentibacillus (Genus)
..Litchfieldia (Genus)
..Litoribacterium (Genus)
..Lottiidibacillus (Genus)
..Mangrovibacillus (Genus)
..Marinococcus (Genus)
..Massilibacterium (Genus)
..Melghiribacillus (Genus)
..Metabacillus (Genus)
..Microaerobacter (Genus)
..Nanhaiella (Genus)
..Natribacillus (Genus)
..Natronobacillus (Genus)
..Numidum (Genus)
..Oceanobacillus (Genus)
..Oikeobacillus (Genus)
..Ornithinibacillus (Genus)
..Paenalkalicoccus (Genus)
..Parageobacillus (Genus)
..Paraliobacillus (Genus)
..Paralkalibacillus (Genus)
..Paranoxybacillus (Genus)
..Paucisalibacillus (Genus)
..Pelagirhabdus (Genus)
..Peribacillus (Genus)
..Piscibacillus (Genus)
..Polygonibacillus (Genus)
..Pontibacillus (Genus)
..Pradoshia (Genus)
..Priestia (Genus)
..Pseudalkalibacillus (Genus)
..Pseudobacillus (Genus)
..Pseudogracilibacillus (Genus)
..Pueribacillus (Genus)
..Radiobacillus (Genus)
..Rossellomorea (Genus)
..Rubeoparvulum (Genus)
..Saccharococcus (Genus)
..Salibacterium (Genus)
..Salicibibacter (Genus)
..Salimicrobium (Genus)
..Salinibacillus (Genus)
..Salipaludibacillus (Genus)
..Salirhabdus (Genus)
..Salisediminibacterium (Genus)
..Saliterribacillus (Genus)
..Salsuginibacillus (Genus)
..Schinkia (Genus)
..Sediminibacillus (Genus)
..Shouchella (Genus)
..Siminovitchia (Genus)
..Sinibacillus (Genus)
..Sinobaca (Genus)
..Streptohalobacillus (Genus)
..Sutcliffiella (Genus)
..Swionibacillus (Genus)
..Tenuibacillus (Genus)
..Tepidibacillus (Genus)
..Terribacillus (Genus)
..Terrihalobacillus (Genus)
..Terrilactibacillus (Genus)
..Texcoconibacillus (Genus)
..Thalassobacillus (Genus)
..Thalassorhabdus (Genus)
..Thermolongibacillus (Genus)
..Tigheibacillus (Genus)
..Virgibacillus (Genus)
..Viridibacillus (Genus)
..Vulcanibacillus (Genus)
..Bacillus (Genus)
....Bacillus acidiceler (Species)
....Bacillus acidicola (Species)
....Bacillus acidiproducens (Species)
....Bacillus aeolius (Species)
....Bacillus aerius (Species)
....Bacillus aerophilus (Species)
....Bacillus agaradhaerens (Species)
....Bacillus aidingensis (Species)
....Bacillus akibai (Species)
....Bacillus alcalophilus (Species)
....Bacillus algicola (Species)
....Bacillus alkalinitrilicus (Species)
....Bacillus alkalisediminis (Species)
....Bacillus alkalitelluris (Species)
....Bacillus altitudinis (Species)
....Bacillus alveayuensis (Species)
....Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (Species)
....Bacillus andreesenii (Species)
....Bacillus anthracis (Species)
....Bacillus aquimaris (Species)
....Bacillus aryabhattai (Species)
....Bacillus asahii (Species)
....Bacillus atrophaeus (Species)
....Bacillus aurantiacus (Species)
....Bacillus axarquiensis (Species)
....Bacillus azotoformans (Species)
....Bacillus badius (Species)
....Bacillus bataviensis (Species)
....Bacillus benzoevorans (Species)
....Bacillus beringensis (Species)
....Bacillus berkeleyi (Species)
....Bacillus beveridgei (Species)
....Bacillus bogoriensis (Species)
....Bacillus boroniphilus (Species)
....Bacillus butanolivorans (Species)
....Bacillus canaveralius (Species)
....Bacillus carboniphilus (Species)
....Bacillus cecembensis (Species)
....Bacillus cellulosilyticus (Species)
....Bacillus cereus (Species)
....Bacillus chagannorensis (Species)
....Bacillus chungangensis (Species)
....Bacillus cibi (Species)
....Bacillus circulans (Species)
....Bacillus clarkii (Species)
....Bacillus clausii (Species)
....Bacillus coagulans (Species)
....Bacillus coahuilensis (Species)
....Bacillus cohnii (Species)
....Bacillus composti (Species)
....Bacillus cytotoxicus (Species)
....Bacillus daliensis (Species)
....Bacillus decisifrondis (Species)
....Bacillus decolorationis (Species)
....Bacillus deserti (Species)
....Bacillus drentensis (Species)
....Bacillus eiseniae (Species)
....Bacillus enclensis (Species)
....Bacillus endophyticus (Species)
....Bacillus endoradicis (Species)
....Bacillus farraginis (Species)
....Bacillus fastidiosus (Species)
....Bacillus fengqiuensis (Species)
....Bacillus firmus (Species)
....Bacillus flexus (Species)
....Bacillus foraminis (Species)
....Bacillus fordii (Species)
....Bacillus fortis (Species)
....Bacillus fumarioli (Species)
....Bacillus funiculus (Species)
....Bacillus galactosidilyticus (Species)
....Bacillus galliciensis (Species)
....Bacillus gibsonii (Species)
....Bacillus ginsengihumi (Species)
....Bacillus ginsengisoli (Species)
....Bacillus gottheilii (Species)
....Bacillus graminis (Species)
....Bacillus halmapalus (Species)
....Bacillus halochares (Species)
....Bacillus halodurans (Species)
....Bacillus halosaccharovorans (Species)
....Bacillus hemicellulosilyticus (Species)
....Bacillus hemicentroti (Species)
....Bacillus herbersteinensis (Species)
....Bacillus horikoshii (Species)
....Bacillus horneckiae (Species)
....Bacillus horti (Species)
....Bacillus humi (Species)
....Bacillus hwajinpoensis (Species)
....Bacillus idriensis (Species)
....Bacillus indicus (Species)
....Bacillus infantis (Species)
....Bacillus infernus (Species)
....Bacillus insolitus (Species)
....Bacillus iranensis (Species)
....Bacillus isabeliae (Species)
....Bacillus isronensis (Species)
....Bacillus jeotgali (Species)
....Bacillus kochii (Species)
....Bacillus kokeshiiformis (Species)
....Bacillus koreensis (Species)
....Bacillus korlensis (Species)
....Bacillus kribbensis (Species)
....Bacillus krulwichiae (Species)
....Bacillus lehensis (Species)
....Bacillus lentus (Species)
....Bacillus licheniformis (Species)
....Bacillus ligniniphilus (Species)
....Bacillus litoralis (Species)
....Bacillus locisalis (Species)
....Bacillus luciferensis (Species)
....Bacillus luteolus (Species)
....Bacillus luteus (Species)
....Bacillus macyae (Species)
....Bacillus malacitensis (Species)
....Bacillus mannanilyticus (Species)
....Bacillus marisflavi (Species)
....Bacillus marmarensis (Species)
....Bacillus megaterium (Species)
....Bacillus mesonae (Species)
....Bacillus methanolicus (Species)
....Bacillus methylotrophicus (Species)
....Bacillus mojavensis (Species)
....Bacillus muralis (Species)
....Bacillus murimartini (Species)
....Bacillus mycoides (Species)
....Bacillus nanhaiisediminis (Species)
....Bacillus nealsonii (Species)
....Bacillus neizhouensis (Species)
....Bacillus niabensis (Species)
....Bacillus niacini (Species)
....Bacillus novalis (Species)
....Bacillus oceanisediminis (Species)
....Bacillus okhensis (Species)
....Bacillus okuhidensis (Species)
....Bacillus oleronius (Species)
....Bacillus oryzaecorticis (Species)
....Bacillus oshimensis (Species)
....Bacillus pakistanensis (Species)
....Bacillus panacisoli (Species)
....Bacillus panaciterrae (Species)
....Bacillus paraflexus (Species)
....Bacillus patagoniensis (Species)
....Bacillus persicus (Species)
....Bacillus pervagus (Species)
....Bacillus plakortidis (Species)
....Bacillus pocheonensis (Species)
....Bacillus polygoni (Species)
....Bacillus pseudalcaliphilus (Species)
....Bacillus pseudofirmus (Species)
....Bacillus pseudomycoides (Species)
....Bacillus psychrodurans (Species)
....Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus (Species)
....Bacillus psychrotolerans (Species)
....Bacillus pumilus (Species)
....Bacillus purgationiresistens (Species)
....Bacillus qingdaonensis (Species)
....Bacillus qingshengii (Species)
....Bacillus rhizosphaerae (Species)
....Bacillus ruris (Species)
....Bacillus safensis (Species)
....Bacillus salarius (Species)
....Bacillus saliphilus (Species)
....Bacillus selenatarsenatis (Species)
....Bacillus selenitireducens (Species)
....Bacillus seohaeanensis (Species)
....Bacillus shackletonii (Species)
....Bacillus siamensis (Species)
....Bacillus simplex (Species)
....Bacillus siralis (Species)
....Bacillus smithii (Species)
....Bacillus soli (Species)
....Bacillus solimangrovi (Species)
....Bacillus songklensis (Species)
....Bacillus sonorensis (Species)
....Bacillus sporothermodurans (Species)
....Bacillus stratosphericus (Species)
....Bacillus subterraneus (Species)
....Bacillus subtilis (Species)
....Bacillus taeanensis (Species)
....Bacillus tequilensis (Species)
....Bacillus thermoamylovorans (Species)
....Bacillus thermocloacae (Species)
....Bacillus thermocopriae (Species)
....Bacillus thermolactis (Species)
....Bacillus thermophilus (Species)
....Bacillus thioparans (Species)
....Bacillus thuringiensis (Species)
....Bacillus tianshenii (Species)
....Bacillus trypoxylicola (Species)
....Bacillus vallismortis (Species)
....Bacillus vedderi (Species)
....Bacillus velezensis (Species)
....Bacillus vietnamensis (Species)
....Bacillus vireti (Species)
....Bacillus wakoensis (Species)
....Bacillus weihenstephanensis (Species)
....Bacillus xiamenensis (Species)
....Bacillus xiaoxiensis (Species)
....Bacillus zhanjiangensis (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Cohn, 1872/1980, nom. approb.
Attributes
Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b]
Ref:
Approved Lists, 1980.
Types
Type of
:
Bacillaceae
(Family)
Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type of
:
Bacillati
(Kingdom)
(Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [8 Dec 2025].
Type of
:
Bacteria
(Domain)
Woese
et al.
2024
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [8 Dec 2025].
Homonyms
Senior homonym (allowed)
:
Bacillus
(Genus)
Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau & Serville, 1827
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: [<14 Dec 2025].
Synonyms
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Lineola longa
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998
: 92.
Including
:
Arthromitus
(Genus)
Leidy (1850), nom. dub.
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998
: 92.
Including
:
Coleomitus
(Genus)
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998
: 92.
Including
:
Lineola
(Genus)
Pringsheim and Robinow 1947 nom. inval.
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998
: 92.
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