Domain Archaea Class Methanobacteria Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Methanobacteriaceae Genus Methanosphaera Order Methanobacteriales | |
Similar Methanobrevibacter smithii, Methanobrevibacter, Methanocorpusculum, Methanothermobacter, Methanococcoides | ||
Methanosphaera stadtmaniae is a methanogen archaeon. It is a non-motile, Gram-positive, spherical-shaped organism that obtains energy by using hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane. It does not possess cytochromes and is part of the large intestine's biota.
This species is often referred to as Methanosphaera stadtmanae, apparently erroneously.
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