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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.
The spore-forming bacteria can again be divided based on their respiration: Bacillus is a facultative anaerobe, while Clostridium is an obligate anaerobe. [18] Also, Rathybacter , Leifsonia , and Clavibacter are three gram-positive genera that cause plant disease.
A bacillus (pl.: bacilli), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name Bacillus, capitalized and italicized, refers to a specific genus of
Tumebacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria.Members of the genus can be motile or non-motile, [1] and form white or yellow colonies on R2A agar.
Solibacillus is a genus of Gram positive, rod shaped, spore-forming bacteria. The first member of Solibacillus was first isolated in 1999, and was originally called Bacillus silvestris. However, further studies on B. silvestris found that the organism belonged in a separate genus.
B. licheniformis is a Gram positive, spore-forming, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. [5] [6] It was initially named Clostridium licheniforme by H. Weigmann [7] and renamed Bacillus licheniformis by Frederick D. Chester. [8]
B. subtilis cells are typically rod-shaped, and are about 4–10 micrometers (μm) long and 0.25–1.0 μm in diameter, with a cell volume of about 4.6 fL at stationary phase. [6] [11] As with other members of the genus Bacillus, it can form an endospore, to survive extreme environmental conditions of temperature and desiccation. [12]
Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, [1] rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce botulinum toxin, which is a neurotoxin. [2] [3]C. botulinum is a diverse group of pathogenic bacteria.