Bacilli

Colonies of Macrococcus equipercicus, copyright Alex Alexiev.

Belongs within: Clostridea.
Contains: Planococcus, Alicyclobacillaceae, Paenibacillus, Lactobacillales, Mollicutes, Staphylococcus, Bacillus.

The Bacilli are a group of Gram-positive bacteria primarily defined phylogenetically, many members of which produce endospores. Despite the name of the group (derived from the type genus Bacillus), not all its members are rod-shaped.

Bacilli [Bacillales]
    |  i. s.: Sporolactobacillaceae GH01
    |           |--Sporolactobacillus GH01
    |           `--Marinococcus GH01
    |--+--Caryophanon [Caryophanaceae] GH01
    |  |    `--C. latum YW03
    |  `--Planococcaceae GH01
    |       |--Planococcus YW03
    |       |--Filibacter GH01
    |       |--Kurthia zopfii GH01, YW03
    |       `--Sporosarcina GH01
    |            |--S. globispira (Larkin & Stokes 1967) Yoon et al. 2001 JC08
    |            |--S. pasteurii (Miquel 1889) Yoon et al. 2001 JC08
    |            |--S. psychrophila (Nakamura 1984) Yoon et al. 2001 JC08
    |            `--S. ureae YW03
    `--+--+--Alicyclobacillaceae LK01
       |  `--Thermoactinomyces G-DW03 [Thermoactinomycetaceae LK01]
       |       |  i. s.: T. dichotomicus DC03
       |       |         T. peptonophilus G-DW03
       |       |         T. sacchari PHK96
       |       |--T. vulgaris DC03
       |       `--+--T. candidus DC03
       |          `--‘Bacillus’ validus DC03
       `--+--Paenibacillaceae GH01
          |    |  i. s.: Thermobacillus GH01
          |    |--+--Brevibacillus LK01
          |    |  `--Paenibacillus LK01
          |    `--+--Ammoniphilus LK01
          |       |--Aneurinibacillus LK01
          |       `--Oxalophagus LK01
          `--+--+--Lactobacillales LK01
             |  `--Mollicutes LK01
             `--+--Listeriaceae LK01
                |    |--Brochothrix GH01
                |    `--Listeria GH01
                |         |--L. innocua Z03
                |         `--L. monocytogenes PHK96
                `--+--Staphylococcaceae GH01
                   |    |--Staphylococcus PHK96
                   |    |--Gemella haemolysans GH01, PHK96
                   |    |--Salinicoccus GH01
                   |    `--Macrococcus GH01
                   |         |--M. caseolyticus KC03
                   |         `--+--M. equipercicus KC03
                   |            `--+--M. bovicus KC03
                   |               `--M. carouselicus KC03
                   `--Bacillaceae GH01
                        |--Bacillus PHK96
                        |--Exiguobacterium aurantiacum GH01, YW03
                        |--Gracilibacillus GH01
                        |--Halobacillus halophilus GH01, MO03 [=Sporosarcina halophila MO03]
                        |--Saccharococcus thermophilus GH01, DC03
                        |--Salibacillus GH01
                        |--Virgibacillus GH01
                        `--Amphibacillus GH01
                             |--A. fermentum Zhilina, Garnova et al. 2002<sup>VP</sup> IJSEM02
                             `--A. tropicus Zhilina, Garnova et al. 2002^VP IJSEM02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[DC03] Duan, Y. P., H. F. Castro, T. E. Hewlett, J. H. White & A. V. Ogram. 2003. Detection and characterization of Pasteuria 16S rRNA gene sequences from nematodes and soils. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 105–112.

[GH01] Garrity, G. M., & J. G. Holt. 2001. The road map to the Manual. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2^nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 119–166. Springer.

[G-DW03] Giblin-Davis, R. M., D. S. Williams, S. Bekal, D. W. Dickson, J. A. Brito, J. O. Becker & J. F. Preston. 2003. ‘Candidatus Pasteuria usgae’ sp. nov., an obligate endoparasite of the phytoparasitic nematode Belonolaimus longicaudatus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 197–200.

[IJSEM02] IJSEM. 2002. Validation list no. 85. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52: 685–690.

[JC08] Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. 2008. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58: 1755–1763.

[KC03] Kwok, A. Y. C., & A. W. Chow. 2003. Phylogenetic study of Staphylococcus and Macrococcus species based on partial hsp60 gene sequences. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 87–92.

[LK01] Ludwig, W., & H.-P. Klenk. 2001. Overview: a phylogenetic backbone and taxonomic framework for procaryotic systematics. In: Boone, D. R., R. W. Castenholz & G. M. Garrity (eds) Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2^nd ed. vol. 1. The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria pp. 49–65. Springer.

[MO03] Müller, V., & A. Oren. 2003. Metabolism of chloride in halophilic prokaryotes. Extremophiles 7: 261–266.

[PHK96] Prescott, L. M., J. P. Harley & D. A. Klein. 1996. Microbiology 3^rd ed. Wm. C. Brown Publishers: Dubuque (Iowa).

[YW03] Yoon, J.-H., N. Weiss, K. H. Kang, T.-K. Oh & Y.-H. Park. 2003. Planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in Korea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 2013–2017.

[Z03] Zeigler, D. R. 2003. Gene sequences useful for predicting relatedness of whole genomes in bacteria. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1893–1900.