desulfohalobium retbaense desulfohalobium retbaense desulfohalobium retbaense is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. it is halophilic, sulfate-reducing, motile, nonsporulating and rod-shaped with polar flagella. the type strain is strain dsm 5692. its genome has been sequenced. desulfohalobium retbaense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: thermodesulfobacteriota class: desulfovibrionia order: desulfovibrionales family: desulfohalobiaceae genus: desulfohalobium species: d. retbaense binomial name desulfohalobium retbaenseollivier et al. 1991