pontibacter indicus pontibacter indicus pontibacter indicus is a bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane in lucknow in india. pontibacter indicus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. indicus binomial name pontibacter indicussingh et al. 2014 type strain ccm8435, mcc2027, lp100