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Methanomicrobium
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Alpha_taxonomy/Qkg8wuyw">taxonomy</a>, <i>Methanomicrobium</i> is a <a href="/facts/Genus_(biology)/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of the <a href="/facts/Methanomicrobiaceae/rrMeN9Fl">Methanomicrobiaceae</a>. The cells are <a href="/facts/Bacillus/RJNLPx5q">shaped like short bars</a> and do not form endospores. They produce <a href="/facts/Methane/kBHneYnh">methane</a> via the reduction of <a href="/facts/Carbon_dioxide/xGzpppEp">carbon dioxide</a> with <a href="/facts/Hydrogen/BoYHjl0J">hydrogen</a> or <a href="/facts/Formate/Py3GhI7L">formate</a>. They cannot metabolize <a href="/facts/Acetate/U90VVczy">acetate</a>, <a href="/facts/Methylamine/srMMDp0D">methylamines</a>, or <a href="/facts/Methanol/EIfpoNCg">methanol</a>. </p>