alteribacillus iranensis alteribacillus iranensis alteribacillus iranensis is a gram-positive and moderately halophilic bacterium from the genus of alteribacillus which has been isolated from mud from the aran-bidgol lake in iran. alteribacillus iranensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: alteribacillus species: a. iranensis binomial name alteribacillus iranensisazmatunnisa begum et al. 2016 type strain dsm 23995, ibrc 10446, strain x5b synonyms bacillus iranensis