methylocapsa palsarum methylocapsa palsarum methylocapsa palsarum is a gram-negative, aerobic, methanotrophic and non-motile bacteria from the genus of methylocapsa which has been isolated from a palsa in norway. methylocapsa palsarum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: beijerinckiaceae genus: methylocapsa species: m. palsarum binomial name methylocapsa palsarumdedysh et al. 2015 type strain lmg 28715, ne2, vkm b-2945