Methanobacteria

Methanobacteria
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Methanobacteria
Boone 2002
Orders
Synonyms
  • Archaeobacteria
  • Archaeobacteria Murray 1988
  • "Methanobacteriia" Oren, Parte & Garrity 2016

Methanobacteria is a class of archaeans in the kingdom Euryarchaeota. Several of the classes of the Euryarchaeota are methanogens and the Methanobacteria are one of these classes.