Methanosphaera

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]

Methanosphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae
Genus:	Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985
Type species
Methanosphaera stadtmanae corrig. Miller & Wolin 1985
Species
M. cuniculi "M. massiliense" M. stadtmanae

See also

• List of Archaea genera