Virgibacillus necropolis

Virgibacillus necropolis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Virgibacillus
Species:	V. necropolis
Binomial name
	Virgibacillus necropolis; Heyrman et al. 2003

Virgibacillus necropolis is a bacterium. It is Gram-positive, rod-shaped and moderately halophilic, originally isolated from deteriorated mural paintings. LMG 19488^T (=DSM 14866^T) is its type strain.^[1]

^ Heyrman, J. (2003). "Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus Salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (2): 501–511. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02371-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12710619.

[Heyrman2003-1] Heyrman, J. (2003). "Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus Salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (2): 501–511. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02371-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12710619.

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