Virgibacillus alimentarius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Virgibacillus |
Species: | V. alimentarius |
Binomial name | |
Virgibacillus alimentarius Kim et al. 2011 |
Virgibacillus alimentarius is a bacterium first isolated from a traditional Korean food, hence its name. It is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with J18T (=KACC 14624T =JCM 16994T) as the type strain.