halomonas alkaliphila halomonas alkaliphila halomonas alkaliphila is a gram-negative halophilic pseudomonadota. its specific epithet stems from the arabic word alkali (al-qaliy), the ashes of saltwort and the latin adjective philus -a -um, meaning "friend" or "loving": loving alkaline media. halomonas alkaliphila scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: halomonadaceae genus: halomonas species: h. alkaliphila binomial name halomonas alkaliphilaromano et al. 2007