Kingdom Bacteria Order Rhizobiales Genus Methylobacterium Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria Family Methylobacteriaceae Higher classification Methylobacterium | |
Similar Methylobacterium, Bacteria, Proteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Methylobacterium fujisawaense |
Methylobacterium populi is an aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides, hence its name). Its type strain is BJ001T (=ATCC BAA-705T =NCIMB 13946T).
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