methylopila musalis methylopila musalis methylopila musalis is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methanotrophic, rod-shaped non-spore-forming and motile bacterium species from the genus methylopila which has been isolated from the banana from the tree musa paradisiaca var. sapientum in ecuador. methylocystis musalis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylocystaceae genus: methylopila species: m. musalis binomial name methylopila musalisdoronina et al. 2013 type strain ccug 61696, dsm 24986, musa, vkm b-2646