pontibacillus yanchengensis pontibacillus yanchengensis pontibacillus yanchengensis is a gram-positive, moderately halophilic and aerobic bacterium from the genus of pontibacillus which has been isolated from soil from the sanwei salt field from yancheng in china. pontibacillus yanchengensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: pontibacillus species: p. yanchengensis binomial name pontibacillus yanchengensisyang et al. 2011 type strain cctcc ab209311, cgmcc 1.10680, nrrl b-59408, y32