Bacillus mycoides
| Bacillus mycoides | |
|---|---|
| Bacillus mycoides growing clockwise on an agar plate. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. mycoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacillus mycoides Flügge 1886 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Bacillus weihenstephanensis | |
Bacillus mycoides is a bacterium of the genus Bacillus. Like other Bacillus species, B. mycoides is Gram positive, rod-shaped, and forms spores. B. mycoides is distinguished from other Bacillus species by its unusual growth on agar plates, where it forms expansive hairy colonies with characteristic swirls.