| Methanobacterium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea | 
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota | 
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota | 
| Class: | Methanobacteria | 
| Order: | Methanobacteriales | 
| Family: | Methanobacteriaceae | 
| Genus: | Methanobacterium | 
| Binomial name | |
| Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 | |
| 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.