''Methanoculleus'' is a

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of microbes within the family

Methanomicrobiaceae Methanomicrobiaceae are a family of archaea in the order the Methanomicrobiales. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Info ...

. The species of the genus ''Methanoculleus'' live in marine environments

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water, and are very common in

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, landfills, and wastewater. Unlike other archaea, ''Methanoculleus'' and some species of related genera can use ethanol and some secondary alcohols as electron donors as they produce methane. This has implications as the production of methane as a greenhouse gas and consequences with respect to

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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) is an online database that maintains information on the nomenclature, naming and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of prokaryotes, following the taxonomy requirements and rulings of the In ...

(LPSN) and

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(NCBI).

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Archaea genera Euryarchaeota {{Euryarchaeota-stub

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