pontibacter chinhatensis pontibacter chinhatensis pontibacter chinhatensis is a gram-negative, halotolerant and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from sediments from a pond near a hexachlorocyclohexane dumpsite in lucknow in india. pontibacter chinhatensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. chinhatensis binomial name pontibacter chinhatensissingh et al. 2015 type strain ccm 8436, mcc 2070, lp51