Methanomicrobiales
| Methanomicrobiales | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Halobacteriota |
| Class: | Methanomicrobia |
| Order: | Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981 |
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Methanomicrobialesis an order of archaeans in the phylum Methanobacteriota. Methanomicrobiales are strictly carbon dioxide reducing methanogens, using hydrogen or formate as the reducing agent. As seen from the phylogenetic tree based on 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project the family Methanomicrobiaceae is highly polyphyletic within the Methanomicrobiales.