| Methylobacterium | |
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| Methylobacterium jeotgali strain S2R03-9T | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Methylobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Methylobacterium Patt et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Type species | |
| Methylobacterium organophilum[1] | |
| Species | |
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Methylobacterium is a genus of Hyphomicrobiales.[2]
As well as its normal habitats in soil and water, Methylobacterium has also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents, which may lead to its erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets.[3] In March 2021, a new species, named Methylobacterium ajmalii,[4] associated with three new strains, designated IF7SW-B2T, IIF1SW-B5, and IIF4SW-B5, were reported to have been discovered, for the first time, on the International Space Station.[5][6]
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Methylobacterium". LPSN.
- ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
- ^ Salter, S; Cox, M; Turek, E; Calus, S; Cookson, W; Moffatt, M; Turner, P; Parkhill, J; Loman, N; Walker, A (2014). "Reagent contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses". bioRxiv 10.1101/007187.
- ^ LPSN: [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/methylobacterium-ajmalii Species Methylobacterium ajmalii Bijlani et al. 2021
- ^ Bowler, Jacinta (16 March 2021). "Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Adam (April 5, 2021). "Sneaky New Bacteria on the ISS Could Build a Future on Mars". Wired.
One species, found on a HEPA filter in the station's life-support system, was a garden-variety (literally!) Methylobacterium rhodesianum. But three samples—from a surface near the materials research rack, a wall near the "cupola" of windows, and the astronauts' dining table—were something new.