Polygonibacillus

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| color = lightgrey

| name = Polygonibacillus

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Bacillaceae

| genus = Polygonibacillus

| genus_authority = Hirota et al. 2016{{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/polygonibacillus |title=Polygonibacillus |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=1890224&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Polygonibacillus |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database |display-authors=et al.}}

| type_species = Polygonibacillus indicireducens

| type_species_authority =Hirota et al. 2016

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• P. indicireducens

}}

Polygonibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Polygonibacillus indicireducens).{{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 Polygonibacillus Hirota et al. 2016|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|doi=10.1601/nm.29201|language=en|year=2016}}{{cite journal|last1=Hirota|first1=K|last2=Okamoto|first2=T|last3=Matsuyama|first3=H|last4=Yumoto|first4=I|title=Polygonibacillus indicireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., an indigo-reducing and obligate alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor for dyeing.|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=November 2016|volume=66|issue=11|pages=4650–4656|doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.001405|pmid=27503611|doi-access=free}}