Virgibacillus arcticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Virgibacillus |
Species: | V. arcticus |
Binomial name | |
Virgibacillus arcticus Niederberger et al. 2009 |
Virgibacillus arcticus is a bacterium. It is a moderately halophilic, endospore-forming bacterium originally isolated from permafrost in the Canadian high Arctic. Hal1T (=DSM 19574T =JCM 14839T) is its type strain.