oceanobacillus pacificus oceanobacillus pacificus oceanobacillus pacificus is a gram positive, rod shaped, halophilic bacteria of the family bacillaceae. oceanobacillus pacificus species was isolated from deep-sea sediment core of the south pacific gyre and from marine sponge of saint martin's island of the bay of bengal, bangladesh. the type strain is xh204t ( = dsm 25873t = jcm 18381t). oceanobacillus pacificus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: oceanobacillus species: o. pacificus binomial name oceanobacillus pacificusyu et al. 2014