Virgibacillus kapii

{{short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Bacillaceae

| genus = Virgibacillus

| species = V. kapii

| binomial = Virgibacillus kapii

| binomial_authority = Daroonpunt et al. 2016{{cite journal |title=Virgibacillus |journal=LPSN |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/virgibacillus}}

| type_strain = JCM 30071, LMG 28282, PCU 345, TISTR 2279, strain KN3-8-4{{cite journal |title=Virgibacillus kapii |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1638645}}

| subdivision =

| synonyms = Virgibacillus kapialis

}}

Virgibacillus kapii is a Gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Virgibacillus which has been isolated from Thai shrimp paste from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in Thailand.{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Charles Thomas |last2=Garrity |first2=George M |editor1-first=Charles Thomas |editor1-last=Parker |editor2-first=George M |editor2-last=Garrity |title=Taxonomic Abstract for the species. |date=1 August 2008 |doi=10.1601/tx.28594 |publisher=NamesforLife, LLC |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Daroonpunt |first1=Rungsima |last2=Tanasupawat |first2=Somboon |last3=Ohkuma |first3=Moriya |last4=Kudo |first4=Takuji |last5=Itoh |first5=Takashi |title=Virgibacillus kapii sp. nov., isolated from Thai shrimp paste (Ka-pi) |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 April 2016 |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=1832–1837 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.000951 |pmid=26869011|doi-access=free }}