Bacillales, from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", are an order of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the Bacillota. The Bacillales are the most productive order of the phylum "Firmicutes". Representative genera include Bacillus, Listeria and Staphylococcus.
Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220
See also List of bacteria genera List of bacterial orders
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