Aeribacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).
The name Aeribacillus derives from: Latin noun aer aeris, air; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, a small rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Aeribacillus, aerobic small rod. The name Aeribacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective pallidus, pale, pallid, referring to the pale colony colour.
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).