| Pontibacter mucosus | |
|---|---|
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota | 
| Class: | Cytophagia | 
| Order: | Cytophagales | 
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae | 
| Genus: | Pontibacter | 
| Species: | P. mucosus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pontibacter mucosus Nayyar et al. 2016 [1]   | |
| Type strain [2] | |
| DSM 100162, KCTC 42942, PB3 | |
Pontibacter mucosus is a halotolerant, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediments from Chinhat in Lucknow in India. [1] [3] [2] [4] [5]