Virgibacillus kekensis

Virgibacillus kekensis is a Gram-positive, moderately halophilic, endospore-forming, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Virgibacillus which has been isolated from saline mud from a salt lake in China.^{[1][3][2][4][5]}

Virgibacillus kekensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Virgibacillus
Species:	V. kekensis
Binomial name
Virgibacillus kekensis Chen et al. 2008[1]
Type strain
CGMCC 1.6298, DSM 17056, JCM 16510, YIM-kkny16[2]