pelagirhabdus fermentum pelagirhabdus fermentum pelagirhabdus fermentum is a bacterium from the genus of pelagirhabdus which has been isolated from sediments from the lake magadi in kenya. pelagirhabdus alkalitolerans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: pelagirhabdus species: p. fermentum binomial name pelagirhabdus fermentum(zhilina et al. 2002) sultanpuram et al. 2016 type strain dsm 13869, uniqem 210, z-7984 synonyms amphibacillus fermentum