virgibacillus oceani virgibacillus oceani virgibacillus oceani is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, endospore, rod-shaped-forming, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from sediments from the pacific ocean. virgibacillus oceani scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. oceani binomial name virgibacillus oceaniyin et al. 2015 type strain cgmcc 1.12754, lmg 28105, mccc 1a09973, strain my11