Methanobrevibacter

Methanobrevibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae
Genus:	Methanobrevibacter; Balch and Wolfe 1981
Type species
	Methanobrevibacter ruminantium; (Smith & Hungate 1958) Balch & Wolfe 1981
Species
	M. acididurans; M. arboriphilus; M. boviskoreani; M. curvatus; M. cuticularis; M. filiformis; M. gottschalkii; "Ca. M. intestini"; M. millerae; M. olleyae; M. oralis; M. ruminantium; M. smithii; M. thaueri; M. woesei; M. wolinii;

Methanobrevibacter is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanobacteriaceae.^[1] The species within Methanobrevibacter are strictly anaerobic archaea that produce methane, for the most part through the reduction of carbon dioxide via hydrogen. Most species live in the intestines of larger organisms, such as termites and are responsible for the large quantities of greenhouse gases that they produce.

^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanobrevibacter. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

[NCBI-1] See the NCBI webpage on Methanobrevibacter. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

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