Aeribacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

Etymology The name Aeribacillus derives from: Latin noun aer aeris, air; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, a small rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Aeribacillus, aerobic small rod. The name Aeribacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective pallidus, pale, pallid, referring to the pale colony colour.

Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220

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