title: Virgibacillus salexigens
text: # Virgibacillus salexigens
  
  Virgibacillus salexigens is a species of Gram-positive bacteria.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  This species was formerly contained by the genus Salibacillus and before that by Bacillus. Strains of this species were originally isolated from salterns and saline soil samples in Spain. They are spore-forming, slightly aerobic, and moderately halophilic.
  
  