Methanothermobacter

Methanothermobacter
	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae
Genus:	; Wasserfallen et al. 2000
Type species
	Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus; (Zeikus & Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000
Species
	M. crinale; M. defluvii; M. marburgensis; M. tenebrarum; M. thermautotrophicus; M. thermoflexus; M. thermophilus; M. wolfei;
Synonyms
	"Methanobacter" Boone et al. 1993;

Methanothermobacter is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanobacteriaceae.^[1] The species within this genus are thermophilic and grow best at temperatures between 55 °C and 65 °C. They are methanogens; they use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as substrates to produce methane for energy.^[2]

^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermobacter. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 241. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[NCBI-1] See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermobacter. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

[2] Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 241. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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