pontibacter akesuensis pontibacter akesuensis pontibacter akesuensis is a bacterium from the genus of pontibacter which has been isolated from desert soil in akesu in china. pontibacter akesuensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: cytophagia order: cytophagales family: hymenobacteraceae genus: pontibacter species: p. akesuensis binomial name pontibacter akesuensiszhou et al. 2007 type strain cctcc ab 206086, kctc 12758, aks 1 synonyms chinabacter akesu