sporohalobacter sporohalobacter sporohalobacter are a genus of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the family haloanaerobiaceae. the organisms are spore-forming bacteria that grow in hypersaline environments. sporohalobacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: "halanaerobiia" order: haloanaerobiales family: haloanaerobiaceae genus: sporohalobacteroren et al. 1988 type species sporohalobacter lortetii(oren 1984) oren et al. 1988 species s. lortetii s. salinus