Biology:Virgibacillus

Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped (bacillus) bacteria and a member of the phylum Bacillota. Virgibacillus species can be obligate aerobes (oxygen reliant), or facultative anaerobes and catalase enzyme positive. Under stressful environmental conditions, the bacteria can produce oval or ellipsoidal endospores in terminal, or sometimes subterminal, swollen sporangia. The genus was recently reclassified from the genus Bacillus in 1998 following an analysis of the species V. pantothenticus. Subsequently, a number of new species have been discovered or reclassified as Virgibacillus species.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220

Sinibacillus     Pseudogracilibacillus           Ornithinibacillus gellani       Cerasibacillus       Tigheibacillus halophilus (An et al. 2007) Miliotis et al. 2024     Virgibacillus soli Kämpfer et al. 2011             Virgibacillus~2     V. kekensis Chen et al. 2008       V. litoralis Chen et al. 2012       V. salinus Carrasco, Marquez & Ventosa 2009     V. subterraneus Wang, Xue & Ma 2010             V. oceani Yin et al. 2015       V. byunsanensis Yoon et al. 2010       V. flavescens Zhang et al. 2016       V. arcticus Niederberger et al. 2009       V. phasianinus Tak et al. 2018       V. carmonensis Heyrman et al. 2003     V. necropolis Heyrman et al. 2003                         Oceanobacillus halotolerans     Lentibacillus saliphilus         Lentibacillus~         Virgibacillus siamensis Tanasupawat et al. 2011     Lentibacillus sediminis       Lentibacillus                       Virgibacillus halodenitrificans (Denariaz, Payne & Le Gall 1989) Yoon, Oh & Park 2004     Oceanobacillus~1   Oceanobacillus kapialis Namwong et al. 2009     Oceanobacillus picturae (Heyrman et al. 2003) Lee et al. 2006           Virgibacillus     V. pantothenticus       V. chiguensis     V. dokdonensis           V. proomii         V. salexigens       V. massiliensis Khelaifia et al. 2023     V. kapii Daroonpunt et al. 2016             V. kimchii Oh et al. 2021       V. sediminis     V. xinjiangensis           V. marismortui (Arahal et al. 1999) Heyrman et al. 2003       V. olivae Quesada et al. 2007     V. salarius Hua et al. 2008                         Virgibacillus~3   V. halotolerans Seiler & Wenning 2013         V. jeotgali Sundararaman et al. 2017     V. natechei Amziane et al. 2016         V. alimentarius Kim et al. 2011     V. campisalis Lee et al. 2012               Virgibacillus~4   V. indicus Xu et al. 2018     V. profundi Xu et al. 2018         other         other

Virgibacillus alimentarius [incl. Virgibacillus campisalis]           Lentibacillus_C     Virgibacillus_E & F     "Virgibacillus ndiopensis" Francis et al. 2019     Virgibacillus oceani         Virgibacillus phasianinus     Virgibacillus necropolis               Oceanobacillus halotolerans     Lentibacillus [incl. "Virgibacillus ihumii", Virgibacillus siamensis, "Virgibacillus doumboii", Virgibacillus litoralis, Virgibacillus subterraneus]               Ornithinibacillus gellani     Cerasibacillus       Ornithinibacillus         Virgibacillus       V. indicus     V. profundi         V. halotolerans       V. natechei     Lentibacillus sediminis               V. halodenitrificans       "Oceanobacillus manasiensis"     Oceanobacillus jordanicus           V. salarius       V. salexigens       V. proomii       V. pantothenticus       V. chiguensis     V. dokdonensis                     other

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16993429 entry