Abstract
Two chloromethane-utilizing facultatively methylotrophic bacteria, strains CM2(T) and CM4(T), were isolated from soil at a petrochemical factory. On the basis of their morphological, physiological and genotypical properties, strain CM2(T) (=VKM B-2176(T)=NCIMB 13687(T)) is proposed as a new species of the genus Hyphomicrobium, Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum, and strain CM4(T) (=VKM B-2223(T)=NCIMB 13688(T)) as a new species of the genus Methylobacterium, Methylobacterium chloromethanicum.