Methanohalobium
Genus of archaea
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Methanohalobium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2] The genus contains one species, M. evestigatum.
| Methanohalobium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Family: | Methanosarcinaceae |
| Genus: | Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988 | |
| Species | |
The species are strictly anaerobic and live solely through the production of methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or using methyl compounds as substrates. These species are only somewhat halophilic but extremely thermophilic.[3][4]
