methylobacterium oxalidis methylobacterium oxalidis methylobacterium oxalidis is a gram-negative, facultatively methylotrophic, non-spore-forming and motile bacteria from the genus of methylobacterium which has been isolated from the leaves of the plant oxalis corniculata in japan. methylobacterium oxalidis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. oxalidis binomial name methylobacterium oxalidistani et al. 2012 type strain 35a, dsm 24028, lmg 28250, nbrc 107715, ncimb 14840, willems r-52867