Bacillales

Bacillales, from Latin "bacillus", meaning "little staff, wand", are an order of Gram-positive bacteria, placed within the Bacillota. The Bacillales are the most productive order of the phylum "Firmicutes". Representative genera include Bacillus, Listeria and Staphylococcus.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature and the National Center for Biotechnology Information.