pontixanthobacter gangjinensis pontixanthobacter gangjinensis pontixanthobacter gangjinensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, halotolerant and non-motile bacterium from the genus pontixanthobacter which has been isolated from tidal flat from gangjin bay on korea. pontixanthobacter gangjinensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: sphingomonadales family: erythrobacteraceae genus: pontixanthobacter species: p. gangjinensis binomial name pontixanthobacter gangjinensis(jeong et al. 2013) xu et al. 2020 type strain kj7, jcm 17802, kacc 16190 synonyms altererythrobacter gangjinensis jeong et al. 2013