piscibacillus halophilus piscibacillus halophilus piscibacillus halophilus is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, moderately halophilic and motile bacterium from the genus of piscibacillus which has been isolated from water from the howz soltan lake in iran. piscibacillus halophilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: piscibacillus species: p. halophilus binomial name piscibacillus halophilusamoozegar et al. 2009 type strain ccm 7596, dsm 21633, jcm 15721, lmg 24786, hs224