Virgibacillus is a
genus of
Gram-positive, rod-shaped (
bacillus)
bacteria and a member of the phylum
Bacillota. Virgibacillus species can be
obligate aerobes (oxygen reliant), or
facultative anaerobes and
catalaseenzyme positive. Under stressful environmental conditions, the bacteria can produce oval or ellipsoidal
endospores in terminal, or sometimes subterminal, swollen sporangia. The genus was recently reclassified from the genus Bacillus in 1998 following an analysis of the species V. pantothenticus.[2] Subsequently, a number of new species have been discovered or reclassified as Virgibacillus species.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Virgibacillus is a
genus of
Gram-positive, rod-shaped (
bacillus)
bacteria and a member of the phylum
Bacillota. Virgibacillus species can be
obligate aerobes (oxygen reliant), or
facultative anaerobes and
catalaseenzyme positive. Under stressful environmental conditions, the bacteria can produce oval or ellipsoidal
endospores in terminal, or sometimes subterminal, swollen sporangia. The genus was recently reclassified from the genus Bacillus in 1998 following an analysis of the species V. pantothenticus.[2] Subsequently, a number of new species have been discovered or reclassified as Virgibacillus species.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]