methylobacterium oryzae methylobacterium oryzae methylobacterium oryzae is a facultatively methylotrophic and aerobic bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium which has been isolated from tissues of the rice plant oryza sativa in cheongwon in korea. methylobacterium oryzae can utilize 1-aminocyclopropane 1-carboxylate. methylobacterium oryzae can promote plant growth. methylobacterium oryzae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. oryzae binomial name methylobacterium oryzaemadhaiyan et al. 2007 type strain cbmb20, dsm 18207, jcm 16405, kacc 11585 , lmg 23582