methylohalobius crimeensis methylohalobius crimeensis methylohalobius crimeensis is a moderately halophilic, methanotrophic bacterium, the type species of its genus. it is gram-negative, aerobic, non-pigmented, motile, coccoid to spindle-shaped, with type strain 10kit (=dsm 16011t =atcc baa-967t). methylohalobius crimeensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: methylococcales family: methylothermaceae genus: methylohalobius species: m. crimeensisheyer et al. 2005