Methanobacterium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanobacteria |
Order: | Methanobacteriales |
Family: | Methanobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Methanobacterium |
Binomial name | |
Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 |
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Species | |
In taxonomy, Methanobacterium is a genus of the Methanobacteriaceae. Contrary to the popular belief, they are not exactly a bacterial species as they belong to the archaea and have the distinguishing biopolymer, peptidoglycan, missing from their cell membranes.