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Bacillus cereus group

Taxonomy ID: 86661 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid86661)

current name

Bacillus cereus group

NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: species group
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus

Comments and References:

Ash C et al. (1991) Ash, C., Farrow, J.A., Dorsch, M., Stackebrandt, E., and Collins, M.D. "Comparative analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and related species on the basis of reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1991) 41:343-346.

Bhandari V et al. (2013) Bhandari, V., Ahmod, N.Z., Shah, H.N., and Gupta, R.S. "Molecular signatures for Bacillus species: demarcation of the Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus clades in molecular terms and proposal to limit the placement of new species into the genus Bacillus." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2013) 63:2712-2726.

Carroll LM et al. (2020) Carroll, L.M., Wiedmann, M., and Kovac, J. "Proposal of a taxonomic nomenclature for the Bacillus cereus group which reconciles genomic definitions of bacterial species with clinical and industrial phenotypes." mBio (2020) 11:e00034-20

Liu Y et al. (2015f) Liu, Y., Lai, Q., Goker, M., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Wang, M., Sun, Y., Wang, L., and Shao, Z. "Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group." Sci. Rep. (2015) 5:14082.

Magome TG et al. (2025) Magome, T.G., Surleac, M., Hassim, A., Bezuidenhout, C.C., van Heerden, H., and Lekota, K.E. "Decoding the anomalies: a genome-based analysis of Bacillus cereus group strains closely related to Bacillus anthracis." Front. Microbiol. (2025)16:1527049.

Disclaimer: The NCBI taxonomy database is not an authoritative source for nomenclature or classification - please consult the relevant scientific literature for the most reliable information.

Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.