methylorhabdus multivorans methylorhabdus multivorans methylorhabdus multivorans is a gram-negative, aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic nonmotile bacterium from the genus methylorhabdus. methylorhabdus multivorans has been isolated from groundwater which was contaminated with dichloromethane in switzerland. methylorhabdus multivorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: alphaproteobacteria order: hyphomicrobiales family: hyphomicrobiaceae genus: methylorhabdus species: m. multivorans binomial name methylorhabdus multivoransdoronina et al. 1996 type strain atcc 51890, cip 104898, dm13, ncimb 13571, vkm b-2030, vkmb-2030, af004845