albibacter helveticus albibacter helveticus albibacter helveticus is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methanotrophic, non-spore-forming, neutrophilic and mesophilic bacterium species from the genus albibacter which has been isolated from soil from switzerland. albibacter helveticus scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylocystaceae genus: albibacter species: a. helveticus binomial name albibacter helveticus(doronina et al. 2000) yang et al. 2016 type strain cip 106788, dm9, vkm b-2175, vkm b-2189 synonyms methylopila helvetica doronina et al. 2000