pontibacillus salicampi pontibacillus salicampi pontibacillus salicampi is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic and motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacillus which has been isolated from soil from a saltern from gomso in korea. pontibacillus salicampi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: pontibacillus species: p. salicampi binomial name pontibacillus salicampilee et al. 2015 type strain kacc 17607, nbrc 109831, ncaim b.02529, bh043