pontibacter virosus pontibacter virosus pontibacter virosus is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane from ummari in india. pontibacter virosus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. virosus binomial name pontibacter virosuskohli et al. 2016 type strain dsm 100231, kctc 42941, mcc 2932, w14