| Ponticoccus | |
|---|---|
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota | 
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria | 
| Order: | Rhodobacterales | 
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae | 
| Genus: | Ponticoccus | 
| Species: | P. lacteus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Ponticoccus lacteus Yang et al. 2015 [1]   | |
| Type strain | |
| CGMCC 1.12986, JCM 30379, JL351 [2] | |
Ponticoccus lacteus is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Ponticoccus which has been isolated from surface seawater from the South China Sea. [1] [2] [3] [4]