virgibacillus alimentarius virgibacillus alimentarius virgibacillus alimentarius is a bacterium first isolated from a traditional korean food, hence its name. it is gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with j18t (=kacc 14624t =jcm 16994t) as the type strain. virgibacillus alimentarius scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. alimentarius binomial name virgibacillus alimentariuskim et al. 2011