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Bacillus
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Translingual
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bacillus (“small staff or wand, walking stick”).
Proper noun
Bacillus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillaceae – certain rod-shaped bacteria.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bacillidae – certain stick insects.
Usage notes
Hypernyms
- (genus of Bacillaceae): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Bacillales – order; Bacillaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus of Bacillaceae): Bacillus subtilis – type species; Bacillus acidoterrestris, Bacillus aeolius, Bacillus agaradhaerens, Bacillus agri, Bacillus alcalophilus, Bacillus algicola, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus aquimaris, Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus asahii, Bacillus atrophaeus, Bacillus azotoformans, Bacillus badius, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus bataviensis, Bacillus benzoevorans, Bacillus borstelensis, Bacillus brevis, Bacillus carboniphilus, Bacillus centrosporus, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus cereus group, Bacillus chitinolyticus, Bacillus chondroitinus, Bacillus choshinensis, Bacillus circulans, Bacillus clarkii, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus coahuilensis, Bacillus cohnii, Bacillus curdlanolyticus, Bacillus cycloheptanicus, Bacillus cytotoxicus, Bacillus decolorationis, Bacillus dipsosauri, Bacillus drentensis, Bacillus edaphicus, Bacillus ehimensis, Bacillus endophyticus, Bacillus farraginis, Bacillus fastidiosus, Bacillus firmus, Bacillus flexus, Bacillus fordii, Bacillus formosus, Bacillus fortis, Bacillus fumarioli, Bacillus funiculus, Bacillus fusiformis, Bacillus galactophilus, Bacillus galactosidilyticus, Bacillus gelatini, Bacillus gibsonii, Bacillus globisporus, Bacillus glucanolyticus, Bacillus gordonae, Bacillus halmapalus, Bacillus haloalkaliphilus, Bacillus halodenitrificans, Bacillus halodurans, Bacillus halophilus, Bacillus horikoshii, Bacillus horti, Bacillus humi, Bacillus hwajinpoensis, Bacillus indicus, Bacillus infernus, Bacillus insolitus, Bacillus jeotgali, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus kobensis, Bacillus krulwichiae, Bacillus laevolacticus, Bacillus laterosporus, Bacillus lautus, Bacillus lentimorbus, Bacillus lentus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus luciferensis, Bacillus macerans, Bacillus macquariensis, Bacillus macyae, Bacillus marinus, Bacillus marisflavi, Bacillus marismortui, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus methanolicus, Bacillus migulanus, Bacillus mojavensis, Bacillus mucilaginosus, Bacillus muralis, Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus naganoensis, Bacillus natto, Bacillus nealsonii, Bacillus neidei, Bacillus niacini, Bacillus novalis, Bacillus odysseyi, Bacillus okuhidensis, Bacillus oleronius, Bacillus pabuli, Bacillus pallidus, Bacillus pantothenticus, Bacillus parabrevis, Bacillus pasteurii, Bacillus patagoniensis, Bacillus peoriae, Bacillus polymyxa, Bacillus popilliae, Bacillus pseudalcaliphilus, Bacillus pseudofirmus, Bacillus pseudomycoides, Bacillus psychrodurans, Bacillus psychrophilus, Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus, Bacillus psychrotolerans, Bacillus pulvifaciens, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus pycnus, Bacillus reuszeri, Bacillus safensis, Bacillus salexigens, Bacillus saliphilus, Bacillus schlegelii, Bacillus selenitireducens, Bacillus shackletonii, Bacillus silvestris, Bacillus simplex, Bacillus siralis, Bacillus smithii, Bacillus soli, Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus sporothermodurans, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subterraneus, Bacillus subtilis group, Bacillus thermantarcticus, Bacillus thermoaerophilus, Bacillus thermoamylovorans, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermocloacae, Bacillus thermodenitrificans, Bacillus thermoglucosidasius, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus thermoruber, Bacillus thermosphaericus, Bacillus thiaminolyticus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus tusciae, Bacillus validus, Bacillus vedderi, Bacillus velezensis, Bacillus vietnamensis, Bacillus vireti, Bacillus vulcani, Bacillus weihenstephanensis – other species
- (genus of Bacillidae): Bacillus atticus, Bacillus grandii, Bacillus lynceorum, Bacillus rossius – species
Derived terms
References
- (genus of Bacillaceae):
Bacillus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bacillus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Bacillus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bacillus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Bacillus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Bacillus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
- Bacillus in the Genome Taxonomy Database
- (genus of Bacillidae):
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