pontibacter deserti pontibacter deserti pontibacter deserti is a gram-negative bacterium from the genus of pontibacter. pontibacter deserti scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. deserti binomial name pontibacter desertisubhash et al. 2014 type strain jc215, kctc 32443, lmg 27670