Methanolacinia

Methanolacinia is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae.^[1] The cells are bar-shaped and irregular 0.6 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.5 μm in length. They do not form endospores. Most are non-motile, but some have a single flagellum. They are strictly anaerobic. They produce methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen and cannot use formate, acetate or methyl compounds as substrates.^[2]

Methanolacinia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	"Methanomicrobia"
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanomicrobiaceae
Genus:	Methanolacinia Zellner et al. 1990
Type species
Methanolacinia paynteri (Rivard et al. 1984) Zellner et al. 1990
Species
M. paynteri M. petrolearia

See also

• List of Archaea genera