Methylobacterium
Sign in to saveMethylobacterium is a genus of bacteria, also designated as Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs (PPFMs). Methylobacterium is commonly found in soil, water, and particularly in association with the phyllosphere, the aerial part of plants. Methylobacterium is characterized by its ability to metabolize one-carbon compounds like methanol released by plant leaves. Methylobacterium plays key roles in nutrient cycling and plant-microbe interactions, often promoting plant growth and resilience through hormone production and stress mitigation. Methylobacterium is a model in biotechnology, already
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassAlphaproteobacteria
- OrderRhizobiales
- FamilyBeijerinckiaceae
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Research
1,931 papers- Methylobacterium extorquens: methylotrophy and biotechnological applications.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2015
- Methylobacterium and its role in health care-associated infection.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014
- Methylobacterium nigriterrae sp. nov., isolated from black soil.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2024
- Methylobacterium amylolyticum sp. nov. and Methylobacterium ligniniphilum sp. nov., isolated from soil.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2024
- Methylobacterium as a Dual-Function Platform: Advances in C(1)-Based Biomanufacturing and Plant-Associated Applications.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Methylobacteriaceae
- Image
- Methylobacterium jeotgali.jpg
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- taxon name
- Methylobacterium
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Debate on ''Methylobacterium'' taxonomy
- Natural genetic transformation
- Species
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Methylobacterium is a genus of bacteria, also designated as Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs (PPFMs). Methylobacterium is commonly found in soil, water, and particularly in association with the phyllosphere, the aerial part of plants. Methylobacterium is characterized by its ability to metabolize one-carbon compounds like methanol released by plant leaves. Methylobacterium plays key roles in nutrient cycling and plant-microbe interactions, often promoting plant growth and resilience through hormone production and stress mitigation. Methylobacterium is a model in biotechnology, already used commercially for protein production, bioremediation, and as a biostimulant in agriculture.
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. In March 2021, a new species, named Methylobacterium ajmalii, associated with three new strains, designated IF7SW-B2T, IIF1SW-B5, and IIF4SW-B5, were reported to have been discovered, for the first time, on the International Space Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Methylobacterium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.