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The Bacillales are an order of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the Bacillota. The Bacillales are the most productive order of the phylum Firmicutes . [2] Representative genera include Bacillus , Listeria and Staphylococcus .
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 bacteria to which this genus belongs.
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The Bacillaceae are a family of gram-positive, heterotrophic, rod-shaped bacteria that may produce endospores. [1] Motile members of this family are characterized by peritrichous flagella. Some Bacillaceae are aerobic, while others are facultative or strict anaerobes.
Bacilli is a taxonomic class of bacteria that includes two orders, Bacillales and Lactobacillales, which contain several well-known pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis (the cause of anthrax). Bacilli are almost exclusively gram-positive bacteria .
bacillus, (genus Bacillus ), any of a genus of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic bacteria widely found in soil and water. The term bacillus has been applied in a general sense to all cylindrical or rodlike bacteria.
Nov 28, 2022 · Introduction. Bacillales (later heterotypic synonyms of Caryophanales) is the most productive order of the phylum Firmicutes. The enormous diversity of the order, which includes numerous genera and species, resulted in scanty detailed studies of the diverse taxa.