ABIS Encyclopedia

Genus Bacillus
and species from genera Anaerobacillus, Aneurinibacillus, Brevibacillus,
Paenibacillus, Geobacillus, Lysinibacillus, Virgibacilus & Sporosarcina

Anaerobacillus arseniciselenatis *
Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus (B. aneurinolyticus)

Bacillus aeolius
Bacillus agaradhaerens *
Bacillus alcalophilus
Bacillus algicola *
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Bacillus aminovorans
Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus aquimaris
Bacillus asahii
Bacillus atrophaeus (split from B. subtilis)
Bacillus azotoformans *
Bacillus badius
Bacillus barbaricus
Bacillus bataviensis
Bacillus benzoevorans *
Bacillus carboniphilus
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus circulans
Bacillus clarkii *
Bacillus clausii *
Bacillus coagulans
Bacillus cohnii *
Bacillus cirroflagelosus
Bacillus decolorationis
Bacillus drentensis
Bacillus endophyticu s
Bacillus epiphytus
Bacillus farraginis
Bacillus fastidiosus *
Bacillus filicolonicus
Bacillus firmus
Bacillus flexus
Bacillus fordii
Bacillus fortis
Bacillus freudenreichii
Bacillus fumarioli
Bacillus funiculus *
Bacillus galactosidilyticus
Bacillus gelatini
Bacillus gibsonii *
Bacillus insolitus
Bacillus lentus
Bacillus licheniformis
Bacillus macroides (see also B. simplex)
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus mycoides
Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus
Bacillus pumilus
Bacillus simplex
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus thuringiensis

Gram positive (or positive only in early stages of growth), rod shaped cells, mostly straight, 0.3-2.2 /
1.2-7 μm. Majority motile with lateral flagella. Heat-resistant endospores formed. Chemoorganotrophs;
strict aerobes or facultative anaerobes. Some characters (like vegetative cell wall, glucose
fermentation, growth temperature etc.) are very variable.