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Table 4.4 Type species of methanogenic bacteria (Ferguson and Mah 1987)
Bacterium Substrate
Methanobacterium alcaliphilum WeN4 H 2 -CO 2
Methanobacterium bryantii M.O.H. H 2 -CO 2
Methanobacterium formicicum DSM 863 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum ǻH H 2 -CO 2
Methanobacterium uliginosum P2St H 2 -CO 2
Methanobacterium wolfei DSM 2970 H 2 -CO 2
Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus DH1 H 2 -CO 2
Methanobrevibacter ruminantium M1 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanobrevibacter smithii PS H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanococcoides methylutens TMA-10 Methanol, trimethylaminea
Methanococcus halophilus INMI Z-7982 Methanol, trimethylaminea
Methanococcus jannaschii JAL-1 H 2 -CO 2
Methanococcus maripaludis JJ H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus DSM 2095 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanococcus vannielii DSM 1224 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanococcus voltae PS H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methaongenium aggregans MSt H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanogenium bourgense MS2 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanogenium cariaci JR1 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanogenium marisnigri JR1 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanogenium thermophilicum CR1 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanolobus tindarius Tindari 3 Methanol, trimethylaminea
Methanomicrobium mibile BP H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanomicrobium paynteri G-2000 H 2 -CO 2
Methanoplanus limicola DSM 2279 H 2 -CO 2 , formate
Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A H 2 -CO 2 , methanol, trimethylaminea,
acetate
Methanosarcina barkeri MS H 2 -CO 2 , methanol, trimethylaminea,
acetate
Methanosarcina mazei S-6 Methanol, trimethylaminea, acetate
Methanosarcina thermophila TM-1 Methanol, trimethylaminea, acetate
Methanosphaera stadmanae MCB-3 Methanol plus H 2 b
Methanospirillum hungatei JF1 H 2 -CO 2 , formate