thioalkalibacter thioalkalibacter thioalkalibacter is a faculatively alkaliphilic and halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of thioalkalibacteraceae with one known species (thioalkalibacter halophilus). thioalkalibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: chromatiales family: thioalkalibacteraceae genus: thioalkalibacterbanciu et al. 2009 type species thioalkalibacter halophilus species t. halophilus