virgibacillus salarius virgibacillus salarius virgibacillus salarius is a bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from a salt crust from the gharsa salt lake from chott el gharsa in tunisia. virgibacillus salarius scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. salarius binomial name virgibacillus salariushua et al. 2008 type strain dsm 18441, jcm 12946, strain sa-vb1