Virgibacillus salexigens

Virgibacillus salexigens is a species of Gram-positive bacteria.

Virgibacillus salexigens
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V. salexigens
Binomial name
Virgibacillus salexigens
Heyrman et al. 2003

Taxonomy

This species was formerly contained by the genus Salibacillus and before that by Bacillus.[1] Strains of this species were originally isolated from salterns and saline soil samples in Spain. They are spore-forming, slightly aerobic, and moderately halophilic.[2]

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