Domain Archaea Family Methanothermaceae Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Genus Methanothermus Higher classification Methanothermus Order Methanobacteriales | |
Similar Methanothermus, Archaeans, Methanobacteria, Methanopyrus, Methanopyrus kandleri | ||
Methanothermus fervidus is a species of methanogen. It is notable for being an extremely thermophilic methanogen. Its cells are rod-shaped; its complex cell envelope exhibits two layers, each about 12 nm thick; the inner represents the pseudomurein sacculus and the outer a protein envelope.
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