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Brevibacillus

Brevibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Brevibacillaceae.

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Brevibacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Brevibacillales
Family: Brevibacillaceae
Genus: Brevibacillus
Shida et al. 19961
Type species
Brevibacillus brevis
(Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996
Species2

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Brevibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Brevibacillaceae.3

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).2

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024456 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220789
Brevibacillus

B. aydinogluensis Inan et al. 2012

B. thermoruber (Manachini et al. 1985) Shida et al. 1996

B. sediminis Xian et al. 2016

B. humidisoli Lee et al. 2023

B. marinus Wang et al. 2021

B. massiliensis Hugon et al. 2013

B. dissolubilis Li et al. 2022

B. levickii Allan et al. 2005

B. fulvus Hatayama et al. 2014

B. borstelensis (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996

B. composti Tang et al. 2021

B. ruminantium Kim et al. 2023

B. migulae Niu et al. 2020

B. ginsengisoli Baek et al. 2006

B. fluminis Choi et al. 2010

B. halotolerans Song et al. 2017

B. laterosporus (Laubach 1916) Shida et al. 1996

B. invocatus Logan et al. 2002

B. panacihumi Kim et al. 2009

B. gelatini Inan et al. 2016

B. limnophilus Goto et al. 2004

B. parabrevis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996

B. agri (Nakamura 1993) Shida et al. 1996

B. schisleri Johnson & Dunlap 2019

B. brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996

B. formosus (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996

B. fortis Johnson & Dunlap 2019

B. reuszeri (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996

B. porteri Johnson & Dunlap 2019

B. choshinensis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996

B. centrosporus (Nakamura 1993) Shida et al. 1996

B. nitrificans Takebe et al. 2012

Brevibacillus

B. massiliensis

B. humidisoli

B. marinus

B. fluminis

B. dissolubilis

B. daliensis Ye et al. 2024

B. halotolerans

B. laterosporus

B. migulae

B. fulvus

B. sediminis

B. thermoruber

B. borstelensis

B. composti

B. invocatus

B. panacihumi

B. centrosporus [incl. B. nitrificans]

B. choshinensis

B. parabrevis

B. agri

B. gelatini

B. reuszeri

B. brevis

B. formosus

"B. antibioticus" Choi et al. 2019

B. fortis

B. porteri

Unassigned species:

  • "B. texasporus" Wu, Ballard & Jiang 2005
References

References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Brevibacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Brevibacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. Shida, O.; Takagi, H.; Kadowaki, K.; Komagata, K. (October 1996). "Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 939–946. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-939. PMID 8863420.
  4. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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