hoeflea halophila hoeflea halophila hoeflea halophila is a gram-negative, aerobic, motile bacteria from the genus of hoeflea which was isolated from marine sediment from the sea of japan. hoeflea halophila scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: rhizobiaceae genus: hoeflea species: h. halophila binomial name hoeflea halophilajung et al. 2013 type strain jcm 16715, jg120-1, kctc 23107