virgibacillus chiguensis virgibacillus chiguensis virgibacillus chiguensis is a bacterium. it is gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with ntu-101t (=bcrc 17637t =cgmcc 1.6496t) as the type strain. virgibacillus chiguensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. chiguensis binomial name virgibacillus chiguensiswang et al. 2008