pontixanthobacter luteolus pontixanthobacter luteolus pontixanthobacter luteolus is a gram-negative, halophilic and non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus pontixanthobacter which has been isolated from tidal flat from the yellow sea in korea. pontixanthobacter luteolus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: pontixanthobacter species: p. luteolus binomial name pontixanthobacter luteolus(yoon et al. 2005) xu et al. 2020 type strain jcm 12599, kctc 12311, sw-109 synonyms erythrobacter luteolus yoon et al. 2005 altererythrobacter luteolus (yoon et al. 2005) kwon et al. 2007