thalassobacillus pellis thalassobacillus pellis thalassobacillus pellis is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, endospore-forming, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of thalassobacillus which has been isolated from salted animal hides from istanbul in turkey. thalassobacillus pellis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: thalassobacillus species: t. pellis binomial name thalassobacillus pellissánchez-porro et al. 2011 type strain 18om, cect 7566, dsm 22784, jcm 16412