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Bacillaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria;
Division:	Firmicutes;
Class:	Bacilli;
Order:	Bacillales;
Family:	Bacillaceae; Garrity et al. 2001
Genera
	Alkalibacillus; Amphibacillus; Anoxybacillus; Bacillus; Caldalkalibacillus; Cerasibacillus; Exiguobacterium; Filobacillus; Geobacillus; Gracilibacillus; Halalkalibacillus; Halobacillus; Halolactibacillus; Jeotgalibacillus; Lentibacillus; Lysinibacillus; Marinibacillus; Oceanobacillus; Ornithinibacillus; Paraliobacillus; Paucisalibacillus; Pelagibacillus; Piscibacillus; Pontibacillus; Saccharococcus; Salibacillus; Salimicrobium; Salinibacillus; Salirhabdus; Salsuginibacillus; Tenuibacillus; Terribacillus; Thalassobacillus; Ureibacillus; Virgibacillus; Vulcanibacillus

Bacillaceae is a family of Gram-positive, heterotrophic, rod-shaped bacteria that may produce endospores.^[1] Motile members of this family are characterized by peritrichous flagellae. Some Bacillaceae are aerobic, while others are facultative or strict anaerobes. Most are non-pathogenic, but Bacillus species are known to cause disease in humans.

[edit] Gram-variable cell wall

Some Bacillaceae, such as the genera Filobacillus, Lentibacillus and Halobacillus, stain Gram-negative or Gram-variable, but are known to have a Gram-positive cell wall.^[2]

[edit] Nomenclature

Genera within this family are sometimes colloquially identified as bacilli. However, this term is a misnomer because it does not distinguish between class Bacilli, order Bacillales, family Bacillaceae and genus Bacillus.

[edit] References

^ Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2 ed.), Volume 3. 2008. The low G + C Gram-positive Bacteria. Editors: De Vos, P., Garrity, G., Jones, D., Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Rainey, F.A., Schleifer, K.-H. and W.B. Whitman. ISBN 0-387-95041-9
^ Lim, J.M., Jeon, C.O., Song, S.M., and C.J. Kim. 2005. Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:165-170.

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[0] Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2 ed.), Volume 3. 2008. The low G + C Gram-positive Bacteria. Editors: De Vos, P., Garrity, G., Jones, D., Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Rainey, F.A., Schleifer, K.-H. and W.B. Whitman. ISBN 0-387-95041-9

[1] Lim, J.M., Jeon, C.O., Song, S.M., and C.J. Kim. 2005. Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:165-170.

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