methylovirgula ligni methylovirgula ligni methylovirgula ligni is a gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile bacteria from the genus of methylovirgula which was isolated from the fungus hypholoma fasciculare in veluwe in the netherlands. methylovirgula ligni scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: beijerinckiaceae genus: methylovirgula species: m. ligni binomial name methylovirgula lignivorob'ev et al. 2009 type strain bw863, dsm 19998, ncimb 14408