oceanobacillus kapialis oceanobacillus kapialis oceanobacillus kapialis is a bacterium. it is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic, spore-forming, moderately halophilic bacterium. the type strain is ssk2-2 (=kctc 13177 =pcu 300 =tistr 1858). oceanobacillus kapialis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: oceanobacillus species: o. kapialis binomial name oceanobacillus kapialisnamwong et al. 2009