virgibacillus marismortui virgibacillus marismortui virgibacillus marismortui is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from water from the dead sea. virgibacillus marismortui scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. marismortui binomial name virgibacillus marismortui(arahal et al. 1999) heyrman et al. 2003 type strain atcc 700626, cect 5066, cip 105609, dsm 12325, lmg 18992, ny-13, strain 123 synonyms bacillus marismortui salibacillus marismortui