Biology:Methanosphaera

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Short description: Genus of archaea

Methanosphaera
Scientific classification e
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanobacteria
Order: Methanobacteriales
Family: Methanobacteriaceae
Genus: Methanosphaera
Miller and Wolin 1985
Type species
Methanosphaera stadtmanae
corrig. Miller & Wolin 1985
Species

Methanosphaera is a genus of microbes within the family Methanobacteriaceae.[1] It was distinguished from other genera within Methanobacteriaceae in 1985 on the basis of the oligonucleotide sequence of its 16S RNA.[2] Like other archaea within Methanobacteriaceae, those of Methanosphaera are methanogens, but while most use formate to reduce carbon dioxide, those of Methanosphaera use hydrogen to reduce methanol to methane.[3]

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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q6823603 entry