{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Methylobacillus | authority = Yordy and Weaver 1977 | type_species = ''Methylobacillus glycogenes'' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''M. flagellatus'' <br> ''M. glycogenes'' <br> ''M. pratensis'' <br> ''M. rhizosphaerae''<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Madhaiyan | first1 = M. | last2 = Poonguzhali | first2 = S. | last3 = Senthilkumar | first3 = M. | last4 = Pragatheswari | first4 = D. | last5 = Lee | first5 = K.-C. | last6 = Lee | first6 = J.-S. | date = 2013 | title = ''Methylobacillus rhizosphaerae'' sp. nov., a novel plant-associated methylotrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere of red pepper | journal = Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 475–484 | doi = 10.1007/s10482-012-9828-6 | pmid=23111783}}</ref> }}

'''''Methylobacillus''''' is a genus of Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria. The cells are rod-shaped.<ref name=Bergey>Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. pp. 354–361. {{ISBN|978-0-387-24145-6}}.</ref>

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==External links== *[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methylobacillus Genus ''Methylobacillus''] J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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Category:Methylophilaceae Category:Bacteria genera

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