Methylobacterium extorquens

Methylobacterium extorquens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:	Rhizobiales
Family:	Methylobacteriaceae
Genus:	Methylobacterium
Binomial name
*Methylobacterium extorquens* (Urakami and Komagata 1984) Bousfield and Green 1985
Synonyms
Bacillus extorquens Bassalik 1913 Vibrio extorquens (Bassalik 1913) Bhat and Barker 1948 Pseudomonas extorquens (Bassalik 1913) Krasil'nikov 1949 Flavobacterium extorquens (Bassalik 1913) Bassalik et al. 1960 Protomonas extorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984

Methylobacterium extorquens is a Gram-negative bacterium.