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Methanomicrobium
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| Genus: | Methanomicrobium Balch and Wolfe 1981
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| Methanomicrobium mobile (Paynter & Hungate 1968) Balch and Wolfe 1981
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In taxonomy, Methanomicrobium is a genus of the Methanomicrobiaceae.[1] The cells are shaped like short bars and do not form endospores. They produce methane via the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or formate. They cannot metabolize acetate, methylamines, or methanol.[2]
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanomicrobium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ John G. Holt, ed. (1994). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Microbiology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. p. 722. ISBN 0683006037. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
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