Bacilli

See also: bacilli

Translingual

Bacillus subtilis

Etymology

From Latin bacillus (“rod”).

Proper noun

Bacilli

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Bacillota – aerobic rod-shaped bacteria.

Usage notes

Should not be confused with the genus Bacillus.

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Bacillota - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Bacillales, Lactobacillales (orders)

Related terms

• Bacillus

References

• Bacilli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bacilli on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bacilli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bacilli at Encyclopedia of Life
• Bacilli at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bacilli at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
• Bacilli at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248