methylobacterium thuringiense methylobacterium thuringiense methylobacterium thuringiense is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic and rod-shaped bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium. methylobacterium thuringiense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. thuringiense binomial name methylobacterium thuringiensewellner et al. 2013 type strain c34, ccm 7787, lmg 25777