Methanohalobium is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.See the NCBI webpage on Methanohalobium. Data extracted from the Its genome has been sequenced. The genus contains one species, M. evestigatum.
The species are strictly anaerobic and live solely through the production of methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen or using methyl compounds as substrates. These species are only somewhat halophilic but extremely thermophilic.
See also List of Archaea genera
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Further reading
External links Methanohalobium at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase