Methanothermus

Methanothermus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanothermaceae
Genus:	Methanothermus
Binomial name
	Methanothermus; Stetter et al. 1982
Species
	M. fervidus; M. sociabilis;

In taxonomy, Methanothermus is a genus of microbes within Methanothermaceae.^[1] The species within this genes are hyperthermophiles and strictly anaerobic. They produce energy through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to produce methane. it is found in hydrothermal vents with temperatures as high as 85 °C and pH 6.5.^[2]

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^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermus. 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. (2016-10-10). The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 241. ISBN 978-0387254937. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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[1] See the NCBI webpage on Methanothermus. 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. (2016-10-10). The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 241. ISBN 978-0387254937. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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