''Pontibacter populi'' is a Gram-negative,

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

and non-motile bacterium from the genus of

Pontibacter ''Pontibacter'' is a strictly aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Cytophagaceae Cytophagaceae is a family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by ma ...

which has been isolated from soil from a Populus euphratica forest in Xinjiang in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

References

External links

Type strain of ''Pontibacter populi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Cytophagia Bacteria described in 2012 {{Bacteroidota-stub