fictibacillus halophilus fictibacillus halophilus fictibacillus halophilus is a moderately halophilic, gram-positive, spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of fictibacillus which has been isolated from microbial mat from a hot spring in manikaran in india. fictibacillus halophilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: fictibacillus species: f. halophilus binomial name fictibacillus halophilussharma et al. 2016 type strain dsm 100124, as8, kctc 33758, mcc 2765