Virgibacillus alimentarius
# Virgibacillus alimentarius

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 $J18^T$ (=KACC $14624^T$ =JCM $16994^T)$ as the type strain.

