Methanopyrus Methanopyrus

Methanopyrus - Definition and Overview

Euryarchaeota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Archaea
Phylum:Euryarchaeota
Class:Methanopyri
Order:Methanopyrales
Family:Methanopyraceae
Binomial name
Methanopyrus kandleri AV19
Slesarev AI et al., 2002

Methanopyrus kandleri are hyperthermophile methanogen Archaea, living at 80-100°C in an H2-CO2 atmosphere at a black smoker 2000m down in the Gulf of California. It converts carbon dioxide to methane.

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