methylobacterium dankookense methylobacterium dankookense methylobacterium dankookense is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and non-spore-forming bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium which has been isolated from drinking water in cheonan in korea. methylobacterium dankookense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. dankookense binomial name methylobacterium dankookenselee et al. 2013 type strain dsm 22415, kctc 22512, sw08-7 synonyms methylobacterium dankookensis