egicoccus halophilus egicoccus halophilus egicoccus halophilus is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, alkalitolerant, non-spore-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus egicoccus which has been isolated from saline-alkaline soil in xinjiang in china. egicoccus halophilus scientific classification kingdom: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: nitriliruptoria order: egicoccaleszhang et al. 2016 family: egicoccaceaezhang et al. 2016 genus: egicoccuszhang et al. 2016 species: e. halophilus binomial name egicoccus halophiluszhang et al. 2016 type strain cgmcc 1.14988, kctc 33612, egi 80432