halomonas alimentaria halomonas alimentaria halomonas alimentaria is a bacterium first isolated from jeotgal, a traditional korean fermented seafood, hence its name. it is gram-negative, moderately halophilic, non-motile and coccus- or short rod-shaped, with type strain ykj-16t (= kccm 41042t = jcm 10888t). halomonas alimentaria scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: oceanospirillales family: halomonadaceae genus: halomonas species: h. alimentaria binomial name halomonas alimentariayoon et al. 2002