Bacillales

Bacillales
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order:
Prévot 1953
Type genus
Bacillus
Families

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Synonyms
  • "Plectridiales" Prevot 1938

Bacillales, from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", are an order of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the Bacillota.[1] The Bacillales are the most productive order of the phylum Firmicutes.[2] Representative genera include Bacillus, Listeria and Staphylococcus.[3]

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  2. ^ Harirchi, Sharareh; Sar, Taner; Ramezani, Mohaddaseh; Aliyu, Habibu; Etemadifar, Zahra; Nojoumi, Seyed Ali; Yazdian, Fatemeh; Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar; Taherzadeh, Mohammad J. (December 2022). "Bacillales: From Taxonomy to Biotechnological and Industrial Perspectives". Microorganisms. 10 (12): 2355. doi:10.3390/microorganisms10122355. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 9781867. PMID 36557608.
  3. ^ George M. Garrity; Vos, P.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.; Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (September 15, 2009). The Firmicutes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1450. ISBN 978-0-387-95041-9. British Library no. GBA561951.