hymenobacter koreensis hymenobacter koreensis hymenobacter koreensis is an extremely halophilic and aerobic bacterium from the genus of hymenobacter which has been isolated from a salt mine in wensu county in china. hymenobacter koreensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: hymenobacter species: h. koreensis binomial name hymenobacter koreensiskang et al. 2013 type strain gyr3077, jcm 17924, kacc 16451