methylobacterium phyllosphaerae methylobacterium phyllosphaerae methylobacterium persicinum is a facultatively methylotrophic and aerobic bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium which has been isolated from the rice plant oryza sativa in iksan in korea. methylobacterium persicinum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. persicinum binomial name methylobacterium persicinummadhaiyan et al. 2009 type strain cbmb27, dsm 19779, jcm 16408, kacc 11716, lmg 24361