Bacillus species are rod-shaped, endospore-forming aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria; in some species cultures may turn Gram-negative with age. The many species of the genus exhibit a wide range of ...

The Lysinibacillus group are motile Gram-positive bacilli, with oval or spherical spores, oxidase and catalase positive, not grouped in strict chains, with strictly oxidative metabolism and very similar to Bacillus ...