dethiobacter alkaliphilus dethiobacter alkaliphilus dethiobacter alkaliphilus is a bacterium from the genus of dethiobacter which has been isolated from sediments from a soda lake in the mongolia. dethiobacter alkaliphilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: clostridiales family: syntrophomonadaceae genus: dethiobacter species: d. alkaliphilus binomial name dethiobacter alkaliphilussorokin et al. 2008 type strain aht 1, dsm 19026, uniqem u266