Name: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cil.la’les. L. masc. n. Bacillus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bacillales, the Bacillus order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Prévot AR. B. In: Hauduroy P, Ehringer G, Guillot G, Magrou J, Prévot AR, Rosset, Urbain A (eds), Dictionnaire des bacteries pathogenes. 2nd ed., Masson, Paris, 1953, p. 692.

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: synonym

Correct name: Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Plectridiales" Prevot 1938	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfuribacillales Sorokin et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Teichobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the class "Bacillia" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Firmibacteria Murray 1988. Publication: Murray RGE. The higher taxa, or, a place for everything..? In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 31-34.
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010. 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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Endobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Firmacutes" Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Posibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Firmicutes" corrig. Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gibbons NE, Murray RGE. Proposals Concerning the Higher Taxa of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:1-6.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subclass "Bacillidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subkingdom "Unibacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the subphylum "Endobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this order to the subclass "Bacillidae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this order to the class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010. 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.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned the family Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006 to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010 to this order. Publication: da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Family II. Alicyclobacillaceae fam. 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. 229.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Listeriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010 to this order. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family III. Listeriaceae fam. 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. 244.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010 to this order. Publication: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. 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. 269.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Sporolactobacillaceae Ludwig et al. 2010 to this order. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family VII. Sporolactobacillaceae fam. 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. 386.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010 to this order. Publication: Schleifer K-H, Bell JA. Family VIII. Staphylococcaceae fam. 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. 392.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984 to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Gemella Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order. 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.
  • De Vos et al. (2009) assigned the genus Thermicanus Gößner et al. 2000 to this order. 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.
  • Kim et al. (2012) assigned the genus Rummeliibacillus Vaishampayan et al. 2009 to this order. Publication: Kim W, Traiwan J, Park MH, Jung MY, Oh SJ, Yoon JH, Sukhoom A. Chungangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1914-1920.
  • Kim et al. (2012) assigned the genus Chungangia Kim et al. 2012 to this order. Publication: Kim W, Traiwan J, Park MH, Jung MY, Oh SJ, Yoon JH, Sukhoom A. Chungangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1914-1920.
  • Krishnamurthi et al. (2009) assigned the genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009 to this order. Publication: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.
  • Li et al. (2008) assigned the genus Sinobaca Li et al. 2008 to this order. Publication: Li WJ, Zhi XY, Euzeby JP. Proposal of Yaniellaceae fam. nov., Yaniella gen. nov. and Sinobaca gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate prokaryotic names Yaniaceae Li et al. 2005, Yania Li et al. 2004, emend Li et al. 2005, and Sinococcus Li et al. 2006, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:525-527.
  • Prasirtsak et al. (2016) assigned the genus Terrilactibacillus Prasirtsak et al. 2016 to this order. Publication: Prasirtsak B, Thongchul N, Tolieng V, Tanasupawat S. Terrilactibacillus laevilacticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1311-1316.
  • Sorokin et al. (2012) assigned the genus Desulfuribacillus Sorokin et al. 2014 to this order. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Sukhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov. sp. nov., a deep-lineage, obligately anaerobic, dissimilatory sulfur and arsenate-reducing, haloalkaliphilic representative of the order Bacillales from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:597-605.
  • Xiong et al. (2013) assigned the genus Geomicrobium Echigo et al. 2010 to this order. Publication: Xiong ZJ, Zhang YG, Zhang DF, Liu BB, Li L, Zhang XM, Xu LH, Li WJ. Geomicrobium sediminis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a sediment sample collected from the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Geomicrobium. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1177-1183.
  • Zhao et al. (2017) assigned the genus Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017 to this order. Publication: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.
  • The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order "Peritrichinales" Orla-Jensen 1921. Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Barillales"; "Ilacillales".
  • Bacillales is the correct name if this order is regarded as a separate order (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another order whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

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