Methylobacterium populi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhizobiales |
Family: | Methylobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Methylobacterium |
Binomial name | |
Methylobacterium populi Van Aken et al. 2004 |
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).