Methanothermobacter
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.0| Phase contrast image of Methano­thermobacter marburgensis DSM 2133. Specimen was obtained in late exponential phase from a fed-batch fermentation. The cells are rod shaped and elongated.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomArchaea
- PhylumMethanobacteriota
- ClassMethanobacteria
- OrderMethanobacteriales
- FamilyMethanothermobacteraceae
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thumb|upright=1.0| Phase contrast image of Methano­thermobacter marburgensis DSM 2133. Specimen was obtained in late exponential phase from a fed-batch fermentation. The cells are rod shaped and elongated.
Methanothermobacter is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanobacteriaceae. The species within this genus are thermophilic and grow best at temperatures between 55 °C and 65 °C. They are methanogens; they use carbon dioxide and hydrogen as substrates to produce methane for energy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Methanothermobacter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.