Methylibium petroleiphilum
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| Methylibium petroleiphilum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Sphaerotilaceae |
| Genus: | Methylibium |
| Species: | M. petroleiphilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Methylibium petroleiphilum Nakatsu et al. 2006 | |
Methylibium petroleiphilum is a species of methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading methylotroph, the type species of its genus. It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, non-pigmented, facultative aerobe, with type strain PM1T (=ATCC BAA-1232T =LMG 22953T).[1]