methylobacterium gossipiicola methylobacterium gossipiicola methylobacterium gossipiicola is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium which has been isolated from cotton in coimbatore in india. methylobacterium gossipiicola scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. gossipiicola binomial name methylobacterium gossipiicolamadhaiyan et al. 2012 type strain ccm 7572, gh-105, gh5, b-51692