methylobacterium pseudosasicola methylobacterium pseudosasicola methylobacterium pseudosasicola is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming strictly aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic and motile bacteria from the genus methylobacterium which has been isolated together with methylobacterium phyllostachyos from the surface of a bamboo leaf. methylobacterium pseudosasicola scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: methylobacteriaceae genus: methylobacterium species: m. pseudosasicola binomial name methylobacterium pseudosasicolamadhaiyan and poonguzhali 2014 type strain icmp 17621, bl36, nbrc 105203