Plate · Bacillota

genus · NCBI 55080

Brevibacillus

Formerly Bacillus brevis group.

Species6

Products12 across its species

Samples187

Also known as Bacillus brevis group

The genus

Species in this genus

Species	Healthy guts ↓ 0–100%	Products
Brevibacillus agri	0%	0
Brevibacillus borstelensis	0%	0
Brevibacillus choshinensis	0%	0
Brevibacillus laterosporus	0%	8
Brevibacillus reuszeri	0%	0
Brevibacillus thermoruber	0%	0
Across the genus	0%	12

* Counted in the same healthy people as the species (whole-genome samples). All bars use the same 0–100% scale. A product with two Brevibacillus species counts once in the genus total.

What they are

Its species' DNA

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Genome sizes · 6 Brevibacillus species

Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M

⋮ 1,803 shorter than any Brevibacillus

Brevibacillus thermoruber 4.4M

Brevibacillus agri 5.4M

Brevibacillus laterosporus 5.4M

Brevibacillus borstelensis 5.6M

Brevibacillus choshinensis 6.3M

Brevibacillus reuszeri 7.0M

⋮ 37 longer than any Brevibacillus

Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Brevibacillus genomes run from 4.4M to 7.0M: among the largest for gut microbes.

One reference genome per species; strains vary.

Their ID genes, lined up: shared stretches form solid stripes

16S gene, V4 region, from one reference sequence per species, aligned so the same positions line up. A blank is a gap: letters other species have and this one lacks. Switch to “Only where they differ” to fade the letters they share.

From its species' genomes and lab tests

What its species can do

A species counts when most of its strains can. Not measured in anyone's gut. 1 of its 6 species isn't in either source yet.

Can make lactic acid 1 of 2 species B. agri
Can make butyrate 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can make propionate 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can ferment fiber 0 of 5 species None of its species
Can eat inulin 0 of 5 species None of its species
Can eat resistant starch 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can eat pectin 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can use lactose 0 of 5 species None of its species
Can feed on gut mucus 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can change bile acids 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can make B vitamins 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can make hydrogen sulfide 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can make methane 0 of 2 species None of its species

What’s typical · a description, not a comparison

In healthy guts

Not found in the healthy people we have. Our healthy numbers come from whole-genome samples, which name species. Brevibacillus is only seen in 16S samples, which read genera differently, so it isn’t counted here.

Compared within studies that had both

In conditions

Compared with healthy people in the same studies, it’s less common in none and more common in 1 condition. Only studies that had both are counted.

A difference is an association: it doesn’t mean this microbe causes, prevents or treats any of these.

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people

Hand, foot and mouth disease 34 people · 2 studies More common in people with it Healthy 0% With it 29%

PubMed · human studies and reviews first

Recent research

No recent human studies or reviews yet. Probiome follows PubMed for the few hundred most-studied microbes; rarer species often only show up in large surveys. Search PubMed for this genus ↗

On the shelf

Products that contain it

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