| Methylocystis musalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methylocystaceae |
| Genus: | Methylopila |
| Species: | M. musalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Methylopila musalis Doronina et al. 2013 [1] | |
| Type strain | |
| CCUG 61696, DSM 24986, MUSA, VKM B-2646 [2] | |
Methylopila musalis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methanotrophic, rod-shaped non-spore-forming and motile bacterium species from the genus Methylopila which has been isolated from the banana from the tree Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum in Ecuador. [1] [3] [4] [5]