pontibacter lucknowensis pontibacter lucknowensis pontibacter lucknowensis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus pontibacter which has been isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane contaminated soil in lucknow, india. pontibacter lucknowensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. lucknowensis binomial name pontibacter lucknowensisdwivedi et al. 2013 type strain ccm 7955, mtcc 11079, dm9