Bacillus - Wikipedia
WebBacillus (Latin "stick") 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 | Definition, Features, & Types | Britannica
WebBacillus, any of a genus of rod-shaped, gram-positive, aerobic or (under some conditions) anaerobic bacteria widely found in soil and water. Some types of Bacillus bacteria are harmful to humans, plants, or other organisms. Learn about the features and types of Bacillus bacteria in this article.
Bacillus - Medical Microbiology - NCBI Bookshelf
WebBacillus species are used in many medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial processes that take advantage of their wide range of physiologic characteristics and their ability to produce a host of enzymes, antibiotics, and other metabolites.
Bacillus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WebBacillus species are ubiquitous in nature but found in higher concentrations in soil, water, and food products that have a plant origin. Strains of Bacillus are very good potential candidates to be used as probiotics.
Identification of Bacillus species: Implication on the quality of ...
WebMay 20, 2019 · The identification of species in the genus Bacillus by classical methods is often difficult, despite still prevailing in many Microbiology laboratories, due to similarities among closely related species that share a pattern of morphological, biochemical, and genetic characteristics.
Bacillales: From Taxonomy to Biotechnological and Industrial ...
WebNov 28, 2022 · Therefore, a thorough understanding of the taxonomy, growth requirements and physiology, genomics, and metabolic pathways in the highly diverse bacterial order, Bacillales, will facilitate a more robust designing and sustainable production of strain lines relevant to a circular economy.
Bacillus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WebCohn, 1872. Bacillus is a genus of rod shaped bacteria. They are Gram-positive, meaning they have an extra outside cell layer. Bacilli are partly or wholly aerobic. They do aerobic respiration. They are every where in nature. Bacillus includes both free-living (non-parasitic) and parasitic pathogenic species. [1]
Bacillus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WebBacillus species are members of the family Bacillaceae, a group of aerobic, saprophytic, sporulating organisms commonly isolated from dust, soil, air, and water. Although they frequently contaminate clinical specimens, members of the genus may cause endophthalmitis, meningitis, and endocarditis; may contaminate hemodialysis equipment; …
Bacillus - ScienceDirect
WebJan 1, 2020 · Especially representatives of the genus Bacillus are applied in agriculture, environment, industry, and medicine. In this review, I will focus on Bacillus, the most important and most diverse genus of endospore-forming aerobic bacilli.
Bacilli - Wikipedia
WebBacilli is a taxonomic class of bacteria that includes two orders, Bacillales and Lactobacillales, which contain several well-known pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis (the cause of anthrax). Bacilli are almost exclusively gram-positive bacteria. The name Bacillus, capitalized and italicized, refers to a specific
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