Salinicola halophilus is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, motile, salt tolerant marine bacteria. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated, characterized and identified Salinicola halophilus from marine sponges (Plakortis dariae) of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.

Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Salinicola halophilus are shown in the Table below.

Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, V =Variable (+/–)