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Bacillus
Bacillus, from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", 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. Bacillus species can be either obligate aerobes which are dependent on oxygen, or facultative anaerobes which can survive in the absence of oxygen. Cultured Bacillus species test positive for the enzyme catalase if oxygen has been used or is present.

Bacillus anthracis
species of bacteria, causes anthrax

Bacillus subtilis
catalase-positive bacterium

Bacillus thuringiensis
species of bacterium

Bacillus cereus
species of bacterium

Bacillus megaterium
species of bacterium

Bacillus coagulans
Bacterium Bacillus coagulans

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
species of bacterium
Alkalihalobacillus clausii
species of bacterium
Bacillus infernus
species of bacterium
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
subspecies of bacterium
Bacillus pumilus
species of bacterium
Bacillus licheniformis
species of bacterium
Bacillus mycoides
species of bacterium