pontibacter soli pontibacter soli pontibacter soli is a bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from soil from the desert park of huyang forest in xinjiang in china. pontibacter soli scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. soli binomial name pontibacter solidai et al. 2014 type strain cctcc ab 206240, hyl7-26, nrrl b-59490