Methanohalobium

Methanohalobium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2] The genus contains one species, M. evestigatum.

Methanohalobium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Halobacteriota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988
Type species
Methanohalobium evestigatum corrig. Zhilina and Zavarzin 1988
Species
M. evestigatum

The species are strictly anaerobic and live solely through the production of methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or using methyl compounds as substrates. These species are only somewhat halophilic but extremely thermophilic.^[3][4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera