pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis is a gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus pseudopontixanthobacter which has been isolated from the yellow sea in korea. pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: pseudopontixanthobacter species: p. confluentis binomial name pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis(park et al. 2016) liu et al. 2021 type strain kem-4, kctc 52259, nbrc 112305 synonyms altererythrobacter confluentis park et al. 2016 pontixanthobacter confluentis (park et al. 2016) xu et al. 2020