| 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]