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Bacteria > Firmicutes > Bacillales > Bacillaceae > Bacillus
Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Bacillales > Bacillaceae > Bacillus
... > Bacteria > Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Bacillaceae > Bacillus
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Bacillaceae > Bacillus
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Bacillaceae > Bacillus

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Bacillus  

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Entry terms

  • Bacillus bacterium

Note

  • specific genus: do not confuse with "bacillus" as "bacterium"

Scope note

  • A genus of BACILLACEAE that are spore-forming, rod-shaped cells. Most species are saprophytic soil forms with only a few species being pathogenic.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001407

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