Bacillus subtilis

1201 mutants derived from B. subtilis 168, plus 48 other strains derived from non-168 backgrounds 

Bacillus thuringiensis

183 wild type isolates and mutant derivatives

Bacillus cereus, B. mycoides

99 isolates, including the genomically sequenced strains ATCC 10987 and ATCC 14579

Lysinibacillus sphaericus

136 isolates and mutants, plus 22 other round-spore isolates from B. pycnus and L. fusiformis

Bacillus licheniformis

41 isolates and mutants

Bacillus megaterium

239 isolates and mutants

Geobacillus

39 isolates from Geobacillus stearothermophilus and other Geobacillus species

Brevibacillus

18 isolates from Brevibacillus brevis, B. laterosporus, B. borstelensis, and B. centrosporus

Paenibacillus

14 isolates from Paenibacillus alvei, P. dentritiformis, P. polymyxa, P. vorticalis, P. popilliae, P. thiaminolyticus, and P. macerans

Marinibacillus

the type strain of Marinibacillus marinus

Aneurinibacillus

the type strains of Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus and A. migulanus

Sporosarcina

one sporulation-proficient derivative of Sporosarcina ureae

Virgibacillus

one strain of Virgibacillus marismortui

Escherichia coli

203 strains bearing cloning vectors or cloned Bacillus DNA

Other species

47 isolates from B. amyloliquefaciences, B. atrophaeus, B. badius, B. carboniphilus, B. circulans, B. clausii, B. coagulans, B. firmus, B. lentus, B. mojavensis, B. oleronius, B. pumilus, and B. shackletonii

Bacteriophages

54 Bacillus subtilis lysogens and 42 lytic phages of B. cereus, B. subtilis, and B. thuringiensis

Strain collections of:

E. W. Freese, J. Lederberg, B. Reilly, A. A. Yousten, and S. A. Zahler