Methylobacterium is a genus of Hyphomicrobiales. [2] As well as its natural habitats in the phyllosphere, in soil and water, [3][4] Methylobacterium has also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents, which may lead to its erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets. [5] .

Methylobacterium species are fastidious, Gram-negative bacilli which have been reported to be opportunistic pathogens in immunocompromised patients. These species form pink-pigmented colonies on agar plates and have been frequently isolated from tap water in hospitals.

Methylobacterium (alpha-proteobacteria class) is a facultative-aerobic, Gram-negative, straight rod with the ability to use one‑carbon compounds (C1) as energy and carbon sources, including methanol and methylamine.

Methylobacterium species are a cause of health care-associated infection, including infections in immunocompromised hosts. The ability of Methylobacterium species to form biofilms and to develop resistance to high temperatures, drying, and disinfecting agents may explain the colonization of Methylob …

Methylobacterium are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic bacteria that only grow in the presence of single carbon compounds such as methylamine, methanol, methane, and other methylated compounds. Methylobacterium also uses sulfur as an energy source (Dourado et al., 2015).

The genus Methylobacterium, when first proposed by Patt et al. in 1976, was a monospecific genus created to accommodate a single pink pigmented facultatively methylotrophic bacterium.

Aug 6, 2010 · Methylobacterium is a facultative methylotroph, (meaning it has the ability to grow by reducing carbon compounds with one or more carbon atoms but no carbon-carbon bonds (Chistoserdova et al.2003)), that grows on methylamine, methanol, and C 2, C 3, and C 4 compounds, including the methanol emitted by the stomata of plants.

The genus Methylobacterium is composed of a variety of pink-pigmented facultatively methylotrophic (PPFM) bacteria, which can grow on one-carbon compounds such as formate, formaldehyde and methanol as sole source of carbon and energy as well as on a wide range of multi-carbon growth substrates.

Oct 6, 2021 · The Methylobacterium species in clade A, including the type species Methylobacterium organophilum, were phylogenetically classified into six subclades, each possessing relatively high genomic homology and shared phenotypic characteristics.

The pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs), a major bacterial group found in the plant phyllosphere, comprise two genera: Methylobacterium and Methylorubrum. They have been separated into three major clades: A, B (Methylorubrum), and C. ...