pontibacter litorisediminis pontibacter litorisediminis pontibacter litorisediminis is a gram-negative, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from tidal flat sediments from the yellow sea in korea. pontibacter litorisediminis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. litorisediminis binomial name pontibacter litorisediminispark et al. 2016 type strain kctc 52252, nbrc 112298, yktf-7