thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilus thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilus thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilus is a gram-negative, phototrophic and motile bacterium from the genus of thiorhodococcus which has been isolated from sediments from the chilika lagoon in india. thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: thiorhodococcus species: t. modestalkaliphilus binomial name thiorhodococcus modestalkaliphilussucharita et al. 2010 type strain kctc 5710, nbrc 104958, strain ja395