methylopila jiangsuensis methylopila jiangsuensis methylopila jiangsuensis is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methanotrophic and non-spore-forming bacterium species from the genus methylopila which has been isolated from activated sludge from a waste water treatment plant from yangzhou in the jiangsu province in china. methylocystis jiangsuensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylocystaceae genus: methylopila species: m. jiangsuensis binomial name methylopila jiangsuensisli et al. 2011 type strain accc 05406, dsm 22718, jzl-4, vkm b-2555