Abstract

The family Methanothermaceae currently consists of a single genus Methanothermus with two species: Methanothermus fervidus and Methanothermus sociabilis. Both were isolated from terrestrial solfatara fields in Iceland, and they may be endemic to that area. They are rod-shaped nonmotile chemolithoautotrophs that grow only on H2/CO2 as substrate formethanogenesis,andtheygrowoptimallyat83‐88 � Candupto 97 � C. The family is affiliated with the order Methanobacteriales.

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