halomonas subglaciescola halomonas subglaciescola halomonas subglaciescola is a gram-negative halophilic bacterium. it was first isolated from an antarctic, hypersaline, meromictic lake, but has since been found in other environments, such as fermenting seafood. it has a largely oxidative mode of metabolism and it is motile through peritrichous flagellation. this species doesn't utilise glucose, and its type strain is acam 12 (= uqm 2926). halomonas subglaciescola scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: halomonadaceae genus: halomonas species: h. subglaciescola binomial name halomonas subglaciescolafranzmann, burton & mcmeekin, 1987