virgibacillus xinjiangensis virgibacillus xinjiangensis virgibacillus xinjiangensis is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic spore forming and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from a salt lake from the xinjiang province in china. virgibacillus xinjiangensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. xinjiangensis binomial name virgibacillus xinjiangensisjeon et al. 2010 type strain dsm 19031, kctc 13128, strain sl6-1