halochromatium glycolicum halochromatium glycolicum halochromatium glycolicum is a bacterium from the genus of halochromatium which has been isolated from microbial mats from the solar lake from sinai in egypt. halochromatium glycolicum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: chromatiaceae genus: halochromatium species: h. glycolicum binomial name halochromatium glycolicum(caumette et al. 1997) imhoff et al. 1998 type strain atcc 700202, dsm 11080, strain sl 3201 synonyms chromatium glycolicum