| Pontibacter virosus | |
|---|---|
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota | 
| Class: | Cytophagia | 
| Order: | Cytophagales | 
| Family: | Hymenobacteraceae | 
| Genus: | Pontibacter | 
| Species: | P. virosus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pontibacter virosus Kohli et al. 2016 [1]   | |
| Type strain [2] | |
| DSM 100231, KCTC 42941, MCC 2932, W14 | |
Pontibacter virosus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane from Ummari in India. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]