salinibacillus xinjiangensis salinibacillus xinjiangensis salinibacillus xinjiangensis is a gram-positive, endospore-forming, halophilic and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of salinibacillus which has been isolated from a lake from the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region in china. salinibacillus xinjiangensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: salinibacillus species: s. xinjiangensis binomial name salinibacillus xinjiangensisyang et al. 2014 type strain cgmcc 1.12331, j4, jcm 18732