dichotomicrobium thermohalophilum dichotomicrobium thermohalophilum dichotomicrobium thermohalophilum is a bacterium from the genus of dichotomicrobium which was isolated from a solar lake in elat in israel. dichotomicrobium thermohalophilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: hyphomicrobiaceae genus: dichotomicrobium species: d. thermohalophilum binomial name dichotomicrobium thermohalophilumhirsch and hoffman 1989