halorubrum distributum halorubrum distributum halorubrum distributum is a halophilic archaeon in the family of halorubraceae. halorubrum distributum scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: euryarchaeota phylum: euryarchaeota class: halobacteria order: haloferacales family: halorubraceae genus: halorubrum species: h. distributum(zvyagintseva and tarasov 1989) oren and ventosa 1996 binomial name halorubrum distributum synonyms halobacterium distributum zvyagintseva and tarasov 1989 halobacterium distributus (spelling variant) halorubrobacterium distributum (zvyagintseva and tarasov 1989) kamekura and dyall-smith 1996 halorubrum arcis xu et al. 2007 halorubrum fuqingense halorubrum litoreum cui et al. 2007 halorubrum terrestre ventosa et al. 2004