methylobacillus rhizosphaerae methylobacillus rhizosphaerae methylobacillus rhizosphaerae is a gram-negative, methylotrophic, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of methylobacillus which has been isolated from rhizospheric soil from a field with red pepper in india. methylobacillus rhizosphaerae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: betaproteobacteria order: methylophilaceae genus: methylobacillus species: m. rhizosphaerae binomial name methylobacillus rhizosphaeraemadhaiyan et al. 2016 type strain kctc 22383, ca-68, ncimb 14472