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Methylobacterium

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q10329184
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Methylobacterium

Summary

Methylobacterium is a taxon[1]. Methylobacterium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Methylobacterium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Methylobacterium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Methylobacterium belongs to the parent taxon Methylobacteriaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Methylobacterium is Methylobacterium[6].
  • The taxonomic type of Methylobacterium is Methylobacterium organophilum[7].
  • Methylobacterium's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methylobacterium[8].
  • Methylobacterium's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[9].

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Classification

Methylobacterium's scientific name is Methylobacterium[6]. Methylobacterium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Methylobacterium belongs to the parent taxon Methylobacteriaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Methylobacterium is Methylobacterium organophilum[7].

Identifiers

Methylobacterium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356806[10]. Methylobacterium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 407[11]. Methylobacterium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 98147[12]. Methylobacterium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3220820[13]. Methylobacterium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 957576[14].

Why It Matters

Methylobacterium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] Methylobacterium has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Methylobacterium, a New Genus of Facultatively Methylotrophic Bacteria. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Gram staining → gram-negative bacteria
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Methylobacterium organophilum
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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