Bacillales
| Bacillales | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales Prévot 1953 |
| Type genus | |
| Bacillus | |
| Families | |
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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.