tenuibacillus halotolerans tenuibacillus halotolerans tenuibacillus halotolerans is a gram-positive, moderately halotolerant and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of tenuibacillus which has been isolated from soil from a salt lake from the xinjiang province. tenuibacillus halotolerans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: tenuibacillus species: t. halotolerans binomial name tenuibacillus halotoleransgao et al. 2021 type strain yim 94025