alteribacillus alkaliphilus alteribacillus alkaliphilus alteribacillus alkaliphilus is a gram-positive, aerobic spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of alteribacillus which has been isolated from water from alkaline soil. alteribacillus alkaliphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: alteribacillus species: a. alkaliphilus binomial name alteribacillus alkaliphilusazmatunnisa begum et al. 2016 type strain jc229, kctc 33726, lmg 28999