thalassobacillus cyri thalassobacillus cyri thalassobacillus cyri is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and motil bacterium from the genus of thalassobacillus which has been isolated from brine from the howz soltan lake in iran. thalassobacillus cyri scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: thalassobacillus species: t. cyri binomial name thalassobacillus cyrisánchez-porro et al. 2009