Name: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cil.la’ce.ae. L. masc. n. Bacillus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bacillaceae, the Bacillus family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Fischer A. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. Jahrbuch für Wissenschaftliche Botanik 1895; 27:1-163.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Alkalibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Exiguobacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Tepidibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Fictibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Anaerobacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Caldalkalibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Calditerricolaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Caldibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Halobacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Marinococcaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Salisediminibacteriaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Anoxybacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Amphibacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Aeribacillaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this family to the suborder Eubacteriineae Breed et al. 1944 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this family to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this family to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Alves et al. (2008) assigned the genus Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008 to this family. Publication: Alves M, Nogueira C, de Magalhaes-Sant'ana A, Chung AP, Morais PV, da Costa MS. Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2939-2944.
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus "Aerobacillus" Donker 1926 to this family. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Spray RS. Genus II. Clostridium Prazmowski. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 763-827.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Castellani and Chalmers (1919) assigned the tribe Bacteroideae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • Castellani and Chalmers (1919) assigned the tribe Haemophileae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • Castellani and Chalmers (1919) assigned the tribe Pasteurelleae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • Castellani and Chalmers (1919) assigned the tribe Proteeae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of tropical medicine, 3rd ed. Williams, Wood and Co., New York, 1919.
  • Gupta et al. (2020) assigned the genus Fredinandcohnia Gupta et al. 2020 to this family. Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
  • Krishnamurthi et al. (2010) assigned the genus Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011 to this family. Publication: Krishnamurthi S, Ruckmani A, Pukall R, Chakrabarti T. Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:367-373.
  • Lal et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Edaphobacillus" Lal et al. 2013 to this family. Publication: Lal D, Khan F, Gupta SK, Schumann P, Lal R. Edaphobacillus lindanitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soil. J Basic Microbiol 2013; 53:758-765.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980) to this family. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Zhao et al. (2015) assigned the genus Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007 to this family. Publication: Zhao F, Feng Y, Chen R, Zhang J, Lin X. Lysinibacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium, and emended description of genus Lysinibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2426-2431.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Ifrzcillaceae".
  • Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2009. Publication: Logan NA, Berge O, Bishop AH, Busse HJ, De Vos P, Fritze D, Heyndrickx M, Kampfer P, Rabinovitch L, Salkinoja-Salonen MS, et al. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2114-2121.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Echigo et al. (2010), Carrasco et al. (2008), Aliyu et al. (2018), An et al. (2007), Wang et al. (2011). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 998; JCM: 503; LMG: 444; KCTC: 344; ATCC: 343; CIP: 280; NBRC: 205; CCUG: 197; CGMCC: 172; NRRL: 162.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 119
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 127
Total number of child taxa: 141

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aeribacillus Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aidingibacillus Wang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aliibacillus Xu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalihalobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalihalobacterium Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalihalophilus Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalilactibacillus Schmidt et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Allobacillus Sheu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alteribacillus Didari et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alteribacter Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anaerobacillus Zavarzina et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquibacillus Amoozegar et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquisalibacillus Márquez et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aureibacillus Liu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Avamphibacillus" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calculibacillus Min et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldalkalibacillus Xue et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Caldaterra" Oshima and Moriya 2008	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Caldibacillus Coorevits et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldifermentibacillus Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Calditerricola Moriya et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Calidifontibacillus Adiguzel et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Camelliibacillus Lin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cerasibacillus Nakamura et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Compostibacillus Yu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cytobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desertibacillus Bhatt et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Domibacillus Seiler et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ectobacillus Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Evansella Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falsibacillus Zhou et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferdinandcohnia corrig. Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fermentibacillus Hirota et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fervidibacillus Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fictibacillus Glaeser et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Filobacillus Schlesner et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fredinandcohnia Gupta et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geomicrobium Echigo et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gottfriedia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gracilibacillus Wainø et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halalkalibacillus Echigo et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halalkalibacter Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halalkalibacterium Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halobacillus Spring et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halolactibacillus Ishikawa et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Heyndrickxia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hydrogenibacillus Kämpfer et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Jilinibacillus" Liu et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Lederbergia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentibacillus Yoon et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litchfieldia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litoribacterium Mahmoud et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lottiidibacillus Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mangrovibacillus Sefrji et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Margalitia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Maribacillus" Liu et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Marinococcus Hao et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Massilibacterium" Tidjani Alou et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Melghiribacillus Addou et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Metabacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Microaerobacter Khelifi et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natribacillus Echigo et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Natronobacillus Sorokin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Niallia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Numidum" Tidjani Alou et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Oceanobacillus Lu et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oikeobacillus Narsing Rao et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paenalkalicoccus Xu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pallidibacillus Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Parageobacillus Aliyu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Parageobacillus" Aliyu et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Paraliobacillus Ishikawa et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paralkalibacillus Hirota et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paucisalibacillus Nunes et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelagibacillus Kim et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelagirhabdus Sultanpuram et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Peribacillus Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Perspicuibacillus Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Piscibacillus Tanasupawat et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Plectridium]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Polygonibacillus Hirota et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pradoshia Saha et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Priestia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudalkalibacillus Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudobacillus" Verma et al. 2019	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Pseudogracilibacillus Glaeser et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoneobacillus Kämpfer et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pueribacillus Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Quasibacillus" Verma et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Radiobacillus Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Robertmurraya Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rossellomorea Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Rubeoparvulum" Tidjani Alou et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salibacillus Wainø et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Salibacterium Reddy et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salicibibacter Jang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salimicrobium Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salinibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salipaludibacillus Sultanpuram and Mothe 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salirhabdus Albuquerque et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salisediminibacterium Jiang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saliterribacillus Amoozegar et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Salsuginibacillus Carrasco et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Schinkia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Shouchella Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Siminovitchia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sinibacillus Yang and Zhou 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sinobaca Li et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sinococcus Li et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Streptohalobacillus Wang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sutcliffiella Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Swionibacillus Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tepidibacillus Slobodkina et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terribacillus An et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrihalobacillus Galisteo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrilactibacillus Prasirtsak et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Texcoconibacillus Ruiz-Romero et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassorhabdus Sultanpuram and Mothe 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Thermalkalibacillus" Zhao et al. 2006	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Thermolongibacillus Cihan et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Urobacillus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Viridibacillus Albert et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vulcanibacillus L'Haridon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Weizmannia Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.

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