pontibacter ramchanderi pontibacter ramchanderi pontibacter ramchanderi is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from a pond which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane in lucknow in india. pontibacter ramchanderi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. ramchanderi binomial name pontibacter ramchanderisingh et al. 2013 type strain ccm 8406, mcc 2019, lp43