Domain Archaea Class Methanomicrobia Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Methanomicrobiaceae Genus Methanogenium Order Methanomicrobiales | |
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Similar Methanococcoides burtonii, Methanococcoides, Methanopyrus kandleri, Methanopyrus, Pyrolobus fumarii | ||
Methanogenium frigidum is a psychrophilic, H2-using methanogen from Ace Lake, Antarctica.
Description
Cells are psychrophilic, irregular, slightly halophilic and non-motile coccoids (diameter 1.2 to 2.5 μm).
References
Methanogenium frigidum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA