virgibacillus kekensis virgibacillus kekensis virgibacillus kekensis is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, endospore-forming, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from saline mud from a salt lake in china. virgibacillus kekensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. kekensis binomial name virgibacillus kekensischen et al. 2008 type strain cgmcc 1.6298, dsm 17056, jcm 16510, yim-kkny16