margalitia shackletonii margalitia shackletonii margalitia shackletonii is a bacterium from the genus of margalitia which has been isolated from volcanic soil from the candlemas island. margalitia shackletonii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: margalitia species: m. shackletonii binomial name margalitia shackletonii(logan et al. 2004) gupta et al. 2020 type strain lmg 18435 synonyms bacillus shackletonii