| Methanobacterium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Methanobacteria |
| Order: | Methanobacteriales |
| Family: | Methanobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Methanobacterium |
| Binomial name | |
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Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 |
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| Species | |
In taxonomy, Methanobacterium is a genus of the Methanobacteriaceae. Contrary to the popular belief, they are not exactly a bacterial species as they belong to the archaea and have the distinguishing biopolymer, peptidoglycan, missing from their cell membranes.