melghirimyces thermohalophilus melghirimyces thermohalophilus melghirimyces thermohalophilus is a gram-positive, halophilic, thermotolerant and aerobic bacterium from the genus of melghirimyces which has been isolated from the salt lake chott melghir in algeria. melghirimyces thermohalophilus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: thermoactinomycetaceae genus: melghirimyces species: m. thermohalophilus binomial name melghirimyces thermohalophilusaddou et al. 2013 type strain ccug 60050, dsm 45514, nari11a