aureibacillus aureibacillus aureibacillus is a gram-positive, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family of bacillaceae with one known species (aureibacillus halotolerans). aureibacillus halotolerans has been isolated from sediments of the northern okinawa trough. aureibacillus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: aureibacillusliu et al. 2015 type species aureibacillus halotolerans species a. halotolerans