paraliobacillus quinghaiensis paraliobacillus quinghaiensis paraliobacillus quinghaiensis is a gram-positive, endospore-forming, moderately halophilic, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of paraliobacillus which has been isolated from sediments from dabuxun lake, a high-salinity lake in the qaidam basin in china. paraliobacillus quinghaiensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: paraliobacillus species: p. quinghaiensis binomial name paraliobacillus quinghaiensischen et al. 2009 type strain cgmcc 1.6333, dsm 17857, yim-c158