Methylobacillus pratensis is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

methylotroph Methylotrophs are a diverse group of microorganisms that can use reduced one-carbon compounds, such as methanol or methane, as the carbon source for their growth; and multi-carbon compounds that contain no carbon-carbon bonds, such as dimethyl et ...

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

with was isolated from a meadow grass sampled from the city park in Helsinki. The phylogenetic and genotypic analysis shows that ''Methylobacillus pratensis'' is a novel species of the genus

Methylobacillus ''Methylobacillus'' is a genus of Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryoti ...

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Type strain of ''Methylobacillus pratensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Methylophilaceae {{Betaproteobacteria-stub