methyloferula stellata methyloferula stellata methyloferula stellata is a gram-negative and non-motile bacteria from the genus of methyloferula which has been isolated from acidic peat soil from arkhangelsk in russia. in contrast to most known methanotrophs methyloferula stellata is an aerobic acidophilic methanotroph. this makes it similar to methylocella species, however it is unable to grow on multicarbon substrates. it's genome was sequenced in march and april 2015. methyloferula stellata scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: beijerinckiaceae genus: methyloferula species: m. stellata binomial name methyloferula stellatavorobev et al. 2011 type strain ar4, dsm 22108, lmg 25277, vkm b-2543 synonyms methyloferula sphagni