Name: Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

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

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• 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 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 "Firmacutes" (sic) 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 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.
  • 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.
  • The type genus of this order has alternatively been placed in the order "Peritrichinales". Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010	validly published	correct name
    Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    [Bacillales, not assigned to family]	artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
    Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Listeriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Sporolactobacillaceae Ludwig et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010	validly published	correct name
    Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: 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.

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