Methanogenium marinum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Methanomicrobia |
Order: | Methanomicrobiales |
Family: | Methanomicrobiaceae |
Genus: | Methanogenium |
Species: | M. marinum |
Binomial name | |
Methanogenium marinum Chong et al., 2002 |
Methanogenium marinum is a psychrophilic, H2-using methanogen from Skan Bay, Alaska. Its cells are highly irregular, non-motile coccoids (diameter, 1 to 1.2 μm), occurring singly. AK-1 is its type strain.