Bacillus oleronius

Bacillus oleronius is a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus. However, Bacillus oleronius has Gram-positive cell wall components shared among all bacillus species (Lacey N, 2007). It was first described in 1995 and was found in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes.^[1] It is also found in the human skin parasitic mite Demodex folliculorum, and may be related to the development of a type of rosacea.^[2]

Bacillus oleronius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Bacillus
Species:	B. oleronius
Binomial name
Bacillus oleronius Kuhnigk et al. 1996

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Heyndrickxia.^[3] The correct nomenclature is Heyndrickxia oleronia.

See also

• Bacillus marinus
• Bacillus lentimorbus