Compostibacillus

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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| name = Compostibacillus

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Amphibacillaceae

| genus = Compostibacillus

| genus_authority = Yu et al. 2015{{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/compostibacillus |title=Compostibacillus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}}{{cite web |author=C.L. Schoch |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=1769738&lvl=3&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Compostibacillus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}

| type_species = Compostibacillus humi

| type_species_authority = Yu et al. 2015

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• C. humi

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Compostibacillus is a Gram-positive, moderately thermophilic rod-shaped, and spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Compostibacillus humi).{{cite journal|title=Compostibacillus|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1769738|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Garrity|first2=George M|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|title=Nomenclature Abstract for Compostibacillus Yu et al. 2015.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|year=2014|doi=10.1601/nm.26272|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Yu|first1=Z|last2=Wen|first2=J|last3=Yang|first3=G|last4=Liu|first4=J|last5=Zhou|first5=S|title=Compostibacillus humi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Bacillaceae, isolated from sludge compost.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=February 2015|volume=65|issue=Pt 2|pages=346–52|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.062869-0|pmid=25358510|doi-access=free}} Compostibacillus humi has been isolated from sludge compost from Guangdong in China.