Scientific name Methanobacteria | Higher classification Euryarchaeota | |
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Similar Archaeans, Methanosarcina, Methanococcus, Methanobrevibacter, Methanosarcina barkeri | ||
In taxonomy, the Methanobacteria are a class of the Euryarchaeota. Several of the classes of the Euryarchaeota are methanogens and the Methanobacteria are one of these classes.
References
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