pontibacter pontibacter pontibacter is a strictly aerobic bacterial genus from the family of cytophagaceae. pontibacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacternedashkovskaya et al. 2005 type species pontibacter actiniarum species see text. synonyms effluviibacter suresh et al. 2006 species pontibacter comprises the following species: p. actiniarum p. akesuensis p. amylolyticus p. aurantiacus p. brevis p. chinhatensis p. deserti p. diazotrophicus p. humi p. indicus p. korlensis p. litorisediminis p. locisalis p. lucknowensis p. mucosus p. niistensis p. odishensis p. populi p. ramchanderi p. roseus p. ruber p. rugosus p. saemangeumensis p. soli p. toksunensis p. ummariensis p. virosus p. xinjiangensis p. yuliensis