methylobacterium phyllostachyos methylobacterium phyllostachyos methylobacterium phyllostachyos is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic and facultatively methylotrophic bacteria from the genus methylobacterium which has been isolated from the surface of a bamboo leaf. methylobacterium phyllostachyos scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. phyllostachyos binomial name methylobacterium phyllostachyosmadhaiyan and poonguzhali 2014 type strain icmp 17619, bl47, nbrc 105206