methylocystis echinoides methylocystis echinoides methylocystis echinoides is a bacterium species from the genus of methylocystis. methylocystis echinoides scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylocystaceae genus: methylocystis species: m. echinoides binomial name methylocystis echinoides(ex gal'chenko et al. 1977) bowman et al. 1993 type strain ic493s/5, imet 10491, lmg 27198, ncimb 13100, uniqem 25, vkm b-2128 synonyms "methylocystis echinoides" gal'chenko et al. 1977