Methanomicrobiales

Methanomicrobiales
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Order:
Balch and Wolfe 1981
Families

Methanomicrobialesis an order of archaeans in the phylum Methanobacteriota.[1] Methanomicrobiales are strictly carbon dioxide reducing methanogens, using hydrogen or formate as the reducing agent.[2] As seen from the phylogenetic tree based on 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project the family Methanomicrobiaceae is highly polyphyletic within the Methanomicrobiales.

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  2. ^ D.R. Boone; et al. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer.
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