halococcus salifodinae halococcus salifodinae halococcus salifodinae is an extremely halophilic archaeon, first isolated in an austrian salt mine. it is a coccoid cell with pink pigmentation, its type strain being blp (= atcc 51437 = dsm 8989). halococcus salifodinae scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: euryarchaeota phylum: euryarchaeota class: halobacteria order: halobacteriales family: halococcaceae genus: halococcus species: h. salifodinae binomial name halococcus salifodinaedenner et al. 1994