pontibacter mucosus pontibacter mucosus pontibacter mucosus is a halotolerant, gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediments from chinhat in lucknow in india. pontibacter mucosus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. mucosus binomial name pontibacter mucosusnayyar et al. 2016 type strain dsm 100162, kctc 42942, pb3