virgibacillus profundi virgibacillus profundi virgibacillus profundi is a gram-variable, moderately halophilic, endospore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus. virgibacillus profundi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. profundi binomial name virgibacillus profundixu et al. 2018 type strain cgmcc 1.16139, nbrc 113015, io3-p3-h5, io5-p3-b8