marinococcus salis marinococcus salis marinococcus salis is a gram-positive, halophilic, coccoid-shaped, facultative anaerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of marinococcus which has been isolated from salt marsh from surajbari in india. marinococcus salis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: marinococcus species: m. salis binomial name marinococcus salisvishnuvardhan et al. 2017 type strain cgmcc 1.15385, kctc 33743, lmg 29101, 5m, 5zm