Virgibacillus chiguensis

Virgibacillus chiguensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Virgibacillus
Species:	V. chiguensis
Binomial name
	Virgibacillus chiguensis; Wang et al. 2008

Virgibacillus chiguensis is a bacterium. It is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with NTU-101^T (=BCRC 17637^T =CGMCC 1.6496^T) as the type strain.^[1]

^ Wang, C.-Y.; Chang, C.-C.; Ng, C. C.; Chen, T.-W.; Shyu, Y.-T. (2008). "Virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from Chigu, a previously commercial saltern located in southern Taiwan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (2): 341–345. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64996-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 18218928.

[WangChang2008-1] Wang, C.-Y.; Chang, C.-C.; Ng, C. C.; Chen, T.-W.; Shyu, Y.-T. (2008). "Virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from Chigu, a previously commercial saltern located in southern Taiwan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (2): 341–345. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64996-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 18218928.

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