pontibacter xinjiangensis pontibacter xinjiangensis pontibacter xinjiangensis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from soil from xinjiang in china. pontibacter xinjiangensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. xinjiangensis binomial name pontibacter xinjiangensiswang et al. 2010 type strain 311-10, cctcc ab 207200, nrrl b-51335