''Methylobacterium bullatum'' is a
Gram-negative, facultatively
methylotrophic, strictly
aerobic and non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
-forming bacteria from the genus of
Methylobacterium
''Methylobacterium'' is a genus of Hyphomicrobiales.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 ...
which has been isolated from the moss
Funaria hygrometrica
''Funaria hygrometrica'', the bonfire moss or common cord-moss, is a type of water moss which grows on shady, moist soil. It can also be found on moist walls and the crevices of rocks and places where recent fires have taken place. It has been re ...
in the
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe near
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
in
Germany.
Further reading
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Methylobacterium bullatum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 2012
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