thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus is a gram-negative and phototrophic bacterium from the genus of thiorhodococcus which has been isolated from sediments from a pond near the nari salt pan in india. thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: thiorhodococcus species: t. alkaliphilus binomial name thiorhodococcus alkaliphilusprathyash et al. 2017 type strain jcm 31245, kctc 15531, strain ja878