halorubrum californiense halorubrum californiense halorubrum californiense is a halophilic archaeon in the family of halorubraceae. it was isolated from saline environments solar saltern in newark, california. halorubrum californiense scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: euryarchaeota phylum: euryarchaeota class: halobacteria order: haloferacales family: halorubraceae genus: halorubrum species: h. californiensepesenti et al. 2008 binomial name halorubrum californiense type strain cect 7256; dsm 19288; jcm 14715; sf3-213 synonyms halorubrum californiensis (orthographic variant) halorubrum crystallum