Bacillales

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

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024^[5]^[6]^[7]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220^[8]^[9]^[10]

"Bacillia" s.s.

Hydrogenibacillus

Thermicanales	Thermicanaceae

Alicyclobacillales	Alicyclobacillaceae [incl. Effusibacillaceae, Kyrpidiaceae, Sulfoacidibacillaceae, Tumebacillaceae]

Paenibacillales	Paenibacillaceae

Thermoactinomycetales	Thermoactinomycetaceae

Novibacillaceae

Caldalkalibacillales	Caldalkalibacillaceae

"Caldibacillales"	Caldibacillaceae

Calditerricolales	Calditerricolaceae

Microaerobacter

Desulfuribacillales	Desulfuribacillaceae

Tepidibacillales	Tepidibacillaceae

Oxalophagaceae [incl. "Ammoniphilaceae"]

Aneurinibacillales	Aneurinibacillaeae

Brevibacillales	Brevibacillaceae

"Bacillus thermozeamaize"

Bacillales s.s.

Bacillaceae~3

Bacillaceae~4

Bacillaceae~5

	Sporolactobacillaceae

	Bacillaceae~6

Heyndrickxiaceae

Bacillaceae~7

	Jeotgalibacillaceae

	Bacillaceae~8

Bacillaceae~9

Caryophanaceae

Bacillaceae~11

Listeriaceae

Exiguobacteriales	Exiguobacteriaceae

Staphylococcales	Staphylococcaceae [incl. Abyssicoccaceae, Salinicoccaceae]

	Gemellaceae

	other

Lactobacillales

"Bacillia" s.s.

"Pasteuriales"	Pasteuriaceae

Kyrpidiales	Kyrpidiaceae

Tumebacillales

	Collibacillus {BOQE01}

	Effusibacillaceae

Tumebacillaceae

Alicyclobacillales

	Sulfoacidibacillaceae

	Alicyclobacillaceae

Desulfuribacillales	Desulfuribacillaceae

Calditerricolales	Calditerricolaceae

Bacillales_F	"Bacillus thermozeamaize" {Bacillaceae_M}

Thermicanales	Thermicanaceae

"Brockiales"	"Brockiaceae"

Thermoactinomycetales

Novibacillaceae

	"Polycladomycesaceae"

	"Planifilaceae"

"Desmosporaceae"

	Mechercharimyces {JANTPT01}

	Thermoactinomycetaceae

Paenibacillales

"Reconcilibacillaceae"

"Xylanibacillaceae"

	Insulibacter {DA-C8}

	"Longirhabdaceae"

Paenibacillus_AK & AE {YIM-B00363}

"Gorillibacteriaceae"

	Paenibacillus swuensis {DY6}

	Paenibacillaceae

DSM‑22679	Microaerobacter {DSM-22679}

Aneurinibacillales

	"Ammoniphilaceae"

	Aneurinibacillaceae

Brevibacillales

Brevibacillaceae

Tepidibacillales	Tepidibacillaceae

"Rubeoparvulales"	"Rubeoparvulaceae"

Caldalkalibacillales

	Caldalkalibacillus_A {JCM-10596}

	Caldalkalibacillaceae

Exiguobacteriales	Exiguobacteriaceae

"Harrysmithimonadales"	"Harrysmithimonadaceae"

"Bacillidae"

"Caldibacillales"

	Bacillus_CG & BF {JC228}

	Caldibacillaceae

Heyndrickxiaceae

Bacillus smithii {DSM-4216}

	Oikeobacillus {DSM-23947}

	Domibacillaceae

Falsibacillaceae

Mangrovibacillus {R1DC41}

	Bacillus coahuilensis {Bacillaceae_K}

	Jeotgalibacillaceae

Rossellomoreaceae

	Pradoshiaceae

	Peribacillus {DSM-1321}

Cytobacillaceae

Bacillales_B

Bacillales s.s.

	Bacillus_BS {SA4}

	Bacillaceae_G

Priestia {Bacillaceae_H}

	Bacillaceae_L

	Anoxybacillaceae

Sutcliffiellaceae

	Bacillus carboniphilus {JAIVKR01}

	Aeribacillaceae

Bacillaceae

Bacillales_C

	Bacillus solimangrovi {Bacillaceae_N}

	Schinkiaceae

Bacillales_E

	Lottiidibacillaceae

	"Massilibacteriaceae"

Bacillales_K

Sporolactobacillaceae

Bacillales_G

	"Maribacillaceae"

	Pseudalkalibacillus species-group 2 {HB172195}

Fictibacillaceae

Bacillales_H

	Marinococcaceae

	Salisediminibacteriaceae

Anaerobacillaceae

"Desertibacillaceae"

	Alkalihalobacterium {Bacillaceae_F}

	Bacillaceae_D

Bacillales_I	Bacillus marinisedimentorum {Bacillaceae_O}

DSM‑28697	Aureibacillaceae

Bacillales_D

Alkalibacillaceae

Pontibacillus {BH030062}

	Halobacillaceae

	Amphibacillaceae

Caryophanales	Caryophanaceae

Staphylococcales

Gemellaceae

	Abyssicoccaceae

	Salinicoccaceae

Staphylococcaceae

other

Lactobacillales

	Listeriaceae

	other

References

^ ^a ^b J.P. Euzéby. "Bacillales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2018-07-20.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Sayers; et al. "Bacillales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[LPSN-1] J.P. Euzéby. "Bacillales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2018-07-20.

[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.

[Bergey-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.

[4] Sayers; et al. "Bacillales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2018-07-20.

[5] "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[6] "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[7] "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[about-8] "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[tree-9] "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

[taxon_history-10] "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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