thiohalospira halophila thiohalospira halophila thiohalospira halophila is a halophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from the genus of thiohalospira which has been isolated from a hypersaline lake from siberia. thiohalospira halophila scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: ectothiorhodospiraceae genus: thiohalospira species: t. halophila binomial name thiohalospira halophilasorokin et al. 2008 type strain dsm 15071, uniqem u219, hl23, hl25, hl4, hl 3