microvirga indica microvirga indica microvirga indica is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming and arsenite-oxidizing bacterium from the genus of microvirga which has been isolated from metal industry waste soil from pirangut in india. microvirga indica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: microvirga species: m. indica binomial name microvirga indicatapase et al. 2017 type strain bcrc 80972, kacc 18792, ncim-5595, strain s-mi1b synonyms microvirga indicus