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Methanothermus

NCBI Taxonomy ID: 2179
NCBI Taxonomy Rank: Genus
The genus Methanothermus are hyperthermophilic rods that use the substrate H2 + CO2 and can also reduce S0 for methanogenesis. Their DNA %GC is 33.
Taken from the text Brock Biology of Microorganisms (10th ed.). Madigan, M.T., Martinko, J.M., and Parker, J. 2003. Prentice Hall. 454p.
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