Virgibacillus alimentarius
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
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.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kim, J.; Jung, M.-J.; Roh, S. W.; Nam, Y.-D.; Shin, K.-S.; Bae, J.-W. (2011). "Virgibacillus alimentarius sp. nov., isolated from a traditional Korean food". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (12): 2851–2855. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028191-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 21239563.

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