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    NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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    Bacillus subtilis

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    Bacillus subtilis profile ↗

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainBacteria
    3. KingdomBacillati
    4. PhylumBacillota
    5. ClassBacilli
    6. OrderCaryophanales
    7. FamilyBacillaceae
    8. GenusBacillus
    9. SpeciesBacillus subtilis
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    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Bacteria domain
    3. Bacillati kingdom
    4. Bacillota phylum
    5. Bacilli class
    6. Caryophanales order
    7. Bacillaceae family
    8. Bacillus genus
    9. Bacillus subtilis group species group
    10. Bacillus subtilis species

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