''Virgibacillus olivae'' 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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-forming bacterium from the genus of ''

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 s ...

'' which has been isolated from waste water from olives from

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References

Bacillaceae Bacteria described in 2007 {{bacilli-stub