beauty
cleaning
industrial

Bacillus

CAS 68582-99-0

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Bacillus in plain language

What it is: Also known as Bacillus (bacterium genus) · Bacillus (bacterium) · Bacillus species · Bacteria Cultures (suspended in water)
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Bacillus is a rod-shaped, gram-positive bacteria found in nature.
Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Bacillus appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveBacillus is a rod-shaped, gram-positive bacteria found in nature.
- Bacillus is a rod-shaped, gram-positive bacteria found in nature.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chemical reaction regulator.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chemical reaction regulator.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Bacillus. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Bacillus yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated october 23, 2019
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Bacillus in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Cleaning and safety

Typical roles

Skin conditioning

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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Bacillus; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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