Methylobacillus

Methylobacillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Methylophilales
Family: Methylophilaceae
Genus: Methylobacillus
Yordy and Weaver 1977
Type species
Methylobacillus glycogenes
Species

M. flagellatus
M. glycogenes
M. pratensis
M. rhizosphaerae[1]

The Methylobacillus are a genus of Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria. The cells are rod shaped.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Madhaiyan, M.; Poonguzhali, S.; Senthilkumar, M.; Pragatheswari, D.; Lee, K.-C.; Lee, J.-S. (2013). "Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel plant-associated methylotrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of red pepper". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 103 (3): 475–484. doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9828-6.
  2. ↑ Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. pp. 354–361. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.

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