| Ponticoccus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Ponticoccus |
| Species: | P. litoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ponticoccus litoralis Hwang and Cho 2008 [1] | |
| Type strain | |
| CECT 7786, CL-GR66, DSM 18986, KCCM 90028 [2] | |
Ponticoccus litoralis is a Gram-negative and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Ponticoccus which has been isolated from coastal seawater from Busan in Korea. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae. [7]