The BGSC collection currently includes:
- Bacillus subtilis
- 1291 mutants derived from B. subtilis 168, plus 55 other strains derived from non-168 backgrounds
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- 191 wild type isolates and mutant derivatives
- Bacillus cereus, B. mycoides
- 104 isolates, including the genomically sequenced strains ATCC 10987 and ATCC 14579
- Lysinibacillus sphaericus
- 136 isolates and mutants, plus 22 other round-spore isolates from Rummeliibacillus 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
- 30 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
- 240 strains bearing cloning vectors or cloned Bacillus DNA
- Other species
- 56 isolates from B. amyloliquefaciences, B. atrophaeus, B. badius, B. carboniphilus, B. circulans, B. clausii, B. coagulans, B. firmus, B. haloarches, 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
- Genomically sequenced strains
- At least 52 BGSC strains have genome sequences available! Complete list (PDF)
