Methanosaeta is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosaetaceae. Like other species in this family, those of Methanosaeta metabolize acetate as their sole source of energy. The genus contains two species, Methanosaeta concilii, which is the type species (type strain GP6) and Methanosaeta thermophila. For a time, some scientists believed there to be a third species, Methanosaeta soehngenii, but because it has not been described from a pure culture, it is now called Methanothrix soehngenii.
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Methanosaeta is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosaetaceae. Like other species in this family, those of Methanosaeta metabolize acetate as their sole source of energy. The genus contains two species, Methanosaeta concilii, which is the type species (type strain GP6) and Methanosaeta thermophila. For a time, some scientists believed there to be a third species, Methanosaeta soehngenii, but because it has not been described from a pure culture, it is now called Methanothrix soehngenii.
==Phylogeny== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 ! colspan=1 | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 |- | style="vertical-align:top|
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