oceanobacillus limi oceanobacillus limi oceanobacillus limi is a gram positive, rod shaped, halophilic bacteria of the family bacillaceae. oceanobacillus limi was isolated from a mud sample of the hypersaline lake aran-bidgol in iran and also from marine sponge (plakortic dariae) of saint martin's island of the bay of bengal, bangladesh. the type strain of oceanobacillus limi is strain h9bt ( = ibrc-m 10780t = kctc 13823t = cect 7997t). oceanobacillus limi cannot produce indole or h2s. oceanobacillus limi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: oceanobacillus species: o. limi binomial name oceanobacillus limiamoozegar et al. 2014