egibacter rhizosphaerae egibacter rhizosphaerae egibacter rhizosphaeraea is a gram-positive, obligately halophilic, facultatively alkaliphilic, non-spore-forming, and non-motile bacterium from the genus egibacter which has been isolated from the rhizosphere of the plant tamarix hispida in xinjiang in china. egibacter rhizosphaerae scientific classification kingdom: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: nitriliruptoria order: egibacteraleszhang et al. 2016 family: egibacteraceaezhang et al. 2016 genus: egibacterzhang et al. 2016 species: e. rhizosphaeraea binomial name egibacter rhizosphaeraeazhang et al. 2016 type strain cgmcc 1.14997, kctc 39588, egi 80759