Virgibacillus marismortui

Virgibacillus marismortui is a Gram-positive, moderately halophilic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Virgibacillus which has been isolated from water from the Dead Sea.[1][3][4][2][5][6]

Virgibacillus marismortui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Virgibacillus
Species:	V. marismortui
Binomial name
Virgibacillus marismortui (Arahal et al. 1999) Heyrman et al. 2003[1]
Type strain
ATCC 700626, CECT 5066, CIP 105609, DSM 12325, LMG 18992, NY-13, strain 123[2]
Synonyms
Bacillus marismortui[2] Salibacillus marismortui[2]

References

1. "Virgibacillus". LPSN.
2. "Virgibacillus marismortui". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 August 2008). "Taxonomic Abstract for the species". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.5065. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH: Details". www.dsmz.de.
5. Heyrman, J; Logan, NA; Busse, HJ; Balcaen, A; Lebbe, L; Rodriguez-Diaz, M; Swings, J; De Vos, P (March 2003). "Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 2): 501–11. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02371-0. PMID 12710619.
6. Arahal, DR; Márquez, MC; Volcani, BE; Schleifer, KH; Ventosa, A (April 1999). "Bacillus marismortui sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic species from the Dead Sea". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 Pt 2: 521–30. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-521. PMID 10319473.