title: Methanolobus
text: # Methanolobus
  
  In taxonomy, Methanolobus is a genus of methanogenic archaea within the Methanosarcinaceae. These organisms are strictly anaerobes and live exclusively through the production of methane, but the species within Methanolobus cannot use carbon dioxide with hydrogen, acetate or formate, only methyl compounds. The cells are irregular coccoid in form and approximately 1 μm in diameter. They do not form endospores. They are Gram negative and only some are motile, via a single flagellum. They are found in lake and ocean sediments that lack oxygen.
  
  ## Phylogeny
  
  The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  
  | 16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 |
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  | Methanolobus M. oregonensis (Liu et al. 1990) Boone 2002 M. chelungpuianus Wu & Lai 2015 M. halotolerans Shen et al. 2020 M. zinderi Doerfert et al. 2009 M. taylorii Oremland & Boone 1994 M. psychrotolerans Chen et al. 2018 M. profundi Mochimaru et al. 2009 M. vulcani Stetter et al. 1989 M. bombayensis Kadam et al. 1994 M. tindarius König & Stetter 1983 | Methanolobus M. chelungpuianus "M. psychrophilus" Zhang et al. 2008 M. halotolerans M. zinderi M. psychrotolerans M. profundi M. bombayensis M. tindarius M. vulcani |
  