marinobacter halophilus marinobacter halophilus marinobacter halophilus is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming and halophilic bacterium from the genus of marinobacter which has been isolated from the xiaochaidan lake in the qaidam basin in china. marinobacter halophilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: alteromonadales family: alteromonadaceae genus: marinobacter species: m. halophiluszhong et al. 2015 binomial name marinobacter halophilus type strain cgmcc 1.12481, jcm 30472, xcd-x12