bacillus altitudinis bacillus altitudinis bacillus altitudinis is a species of bacteria first isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes, hence its name. its type strain is 41kf2bt (=mtcc 7306t =jcm 13350t). bacillus altitudinis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: bacillus species: b. altitudinis binomial name bacillus altitudinisshivaji et al. 2006