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Bacillus

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q212032
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Summary

Bacillus is a taxon[1]. Bacillus ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,061 views/month, #1,301 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Bacillaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Bacillus[5]
  • Commons category: Bacillus[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Bacillus subtilis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bacillus[8]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10]
  • AlgaeBase URL: https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49341[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Pseudobacillus[12]
  • LPSN URL: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/bacillus[13]
  • Gram staining: gram-positive bacteria[14]
  • Homonymous taxon: Bacillus[15]
  • Nomenclatural type of: Bacillati[16], Bacillota[17], Bacilli[18], Bacillales[19], Bacillaceae[20]

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Identifiers

Bacillus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 245607[21]. Bacillus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1386[22]. Bacillus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83228[23]. Bacillus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3227637[24]. Bacillus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 407[25].

Why It Matters

Bacillus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Bacillus is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Bacillus subtilis
    Nomenclatural type of → Bacillati, Bacillota, Bacilli +2
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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