pontibacillus litoralis pontibacillus litoralis pontibacillus litoralis is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic, facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacillus which has been isolated from the surface of the sea anemone anthopleura xanthogrammica from the naozhou island in china. pontibacillus litoralis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: pontibacillus species: p. litoralis binomial name pontibacillus litoralischen et al. 2010 type strain dsm 21186, jsm 072002, kctc 13237