Halochromatium

Halochromatium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Chromatiales
Family: Chromatiaceae
Genus: Halochromatium
Imhoff et al. 1998
Type species
Halochromatium salexigens
Species

H. glycolicum
H. roseum
H. salexigens

Halochromatium is a Gram-positive and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Chromatiaceae. Halochromatium bacteria occur in microbial mats from hypersaline habitates.