Table 5. Accession numbers of 16S rDNA sequences of Bacillus species used for generating phylogenetic framework (http://rdp cme.msu.edu/).
| Organism | Reference sequence(s) |
| Bacillus thuringiensis | DQ286308(T)a, DQ286339, DQ328630, AE017355, DQ286329 |
| B. anthracis b | AB190218, AE017334, AE017225 |
| B. cereus b | DQ372919, DQ289988 |
| B. subtilis | AB042061(T), DQ420172, AY995569, DQ504376, AY583216, AY881635, AY631853 |
| B. licheniformis | AB039328(T), CP000002, AF234855 |
| B. pumilus | AY260861(T), AY876289, DQ523500 |
| B. megaterium | AJ717381(T), AY373358, AY505510, AY373360 |
| B. sphaericus | AJ310084(T), DQ286309 |
| B. clausii | X76440(T), AB201793, AY960116 |
| B. halodurans | AY423275(T), AY856452 |
| Total | 34 strains |
a
Type strain.
b
For B. cereus group only one type strain was used.