aquisalimonas halophila aquisalimonas halophila aquisalimonas halophila is a gram-negative, moderately halophilic and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus of aquisalimonas which has been isolated from soil from a hypersaline mine from yunnan in china. aquisalimonas halophila scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: ectothiorhodospiraceae genus: aquisalimonas species: a. halophila binomial name aquisalimonas halophilazhang et al. 2014 type strain cctcc ab 2012043, dsm 25902, yim 95345