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Methanomicrobiales is an order of archaeans in the phylum Methanobacteriota.[1] Methanomicrobiales are strictly carbon dioxide reducing methanogens, using hydrogen or formate as the reducing agent.[2] As seen from the phylogenetic tree based on 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project the family Methanomicrobiaceae is highly polyphyletic within the Methanomicrobiales.

Order:Methanomicrobiales
Balch and Wolfe 1981
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Methanomicrobiales
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Balch and Wolfe 1981
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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[4][5][6] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[7][8][9]

Methanofollaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Methanocorpusculaceae Zellner et al. 1989

Methanocalculaceae Zhilina et al. 2014

Methanospirillaceae Boone, Whitman & Koga 2002

Methanoregulaceae Sakai et al. 2012 (incl. Methanosphaerulaceae)

Methanomicrobiaceae Balch & Wolfe 1981

Methanoculleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Methanofollaceae

Methanocorpusculaceae (incl. Methanocalculaceae)

Methanospirillaceae (incl. Methanosphaerulaceae, Methanoregulaceae)

Methanomicrobiaceae

Methanoculleaceae

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