''Marinococcus halotolerans'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bacte ...

and

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bacterium from the genus of ''

Marinococcus ''Marinococcus'' is a Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, chemolithoautotrophic and non-spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae The Bacillaceae are a family of gram-positive, heterotrophic, rod-shaped bacteria that may pr ...

'' which has been isolated from soil from

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References

Bacillaceae Bacteria described in 2005 {{Firmicutes-stub