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Methanogenium marinum

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Domain
  
Archaea

Class
  
Methanomicrobia

Phylum
  
Euryarchaeota

Rank
  
Species

Kingdom
  
Euryarchaeota

Family
  
Methanomicrobiaceae

Genus
  
Methanogenium

Order
  
Methanomicrobiales

Similar
  
Methanogenium frigidum, Methanomicrobiales, Methanocorpusculum, Methanococcoides, Methanococcoides burtonii

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.

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Methanogenium marinum Wikipedia