#bacillus__bacilli__b  aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations
  supertype:  eubacteria__eubacterium__truebacteria  a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
  member of:  genus_Bacillus  type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites
     member of:  family_Bacillaceae__Bacillaceae  typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores
        member of:  order_Eubacteriales__Eubacteriales  one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
           member of:  division_Eubacteria  one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
              member of:  kingdom_Monera__Monera  prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions

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