ancylobacter dichloromethanicus ancylobacter dichloromethanicus ancylobacter dichloromethanicus is an aerobic, gram-negative bacteria from the family of xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated soil in volgograd in russia. ancylobacter dichloromethanicus can use dichloromethane, methanol, formate and formaldehyde for its metabolism. ancylobacter dichloromethanicus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: xanthobacteraceae genus: ancylobacter species: a. dichloromethanicus binomial name ancylobacter dichloromethanicusfirsova et al. 2010 type strain dm16, dsm 21507, vkm b-2484 synonyms ancylobacter dichloromethanicum