Methanosphaera

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Methanosphaera
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanobacteriaceae
Genus: Methanosphaera
Species
  • M. sp. R6
  • M. stadtmanae
  • uncultured Methanosphaera sp.
  • unidentified methanogen ARC8
  • unidentified methanogen ARC14
  • unidentified methanogen ARC17
  • unidentified methanogen ARC18
  • unidentified methanogen ARC21
  • unidentified methanogen ARC29
  • unidentified methanogen ARC30
  • unidentified methanogen ARC39
  • unidentified methanogen ARC43
  • unidentified methanogen ARC49
  • unidentified methanogen ARC62
Synonyms
  • Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985

In taxonomy, Methanosphaera is a genus of the Methanobacteriaceae.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanosphaera. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

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[edit] Scientific journals

  • Miller TL, Wolin MJ (1985). "Methanosphaera stadtmaniae gen. nov., sp. nov.: a species that forms methane by reducing methanol with hydrogen". Arch. Microbiol. 141: 116–122. doi:10.1007/BF00423270. PMID 3994486. 

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