Virgibacillus proomii

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| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Bacillaceae

| genus = Virgibacillus

| species = V. proomii

| binomial = Virgibacillus proomii

| binomial_authority = Heyndrickx et al. 1999

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Virgibacillus proomii is a species of Gram-positive bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from soil samples in England and formerly identified as strains of Bacillus pantothenticus. The species is named for British microbiologist Harold Proom.{{cite journal|last1=Heyndrickx|first1=M|last2=Lebbe|first2=L|last3=Kersters|first3=K|last4=Hoste|first4=B|last5=De Wachter|first5=R|last6=De Vos|first6=P|last7=Forsyth|first7=G|last8=Logan|first8=NA|title=Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998.|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|date=Jul 1999|volume=49|pages=1083–90|pmid=10425765|issue=3|doi=10.1099/00207713-49-3-1083|doi-access=free}}