virgibacillus kapii virgibacillus kapii virgibacillus kapii is a gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of virgibacillus which has been isolated from thai shrimp paste from nakhon si thammarat province in thailand. virgibacillus kapii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: virgibacillus species: v. kapii binomial name virgibacillus kapiidaroonpunt et al. 2016 type strain jcm 30071, lmg 28282, pcu 345, tistr 2279, strain kn3-8-4 synonyms virgibacillus kapialis