Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) Methanobacterium formicicum Schnellen 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Archaea Woese et al. 1990 Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001 Methanobacteriota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2001 Methanobacteria (Murray 1988) Boone 2002 Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981 Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) Methanosphaera Miller and Wolin 1985 Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen et al. 2000 Methanobrevibacter Balch and Wolfe 1981 Methanobacterium wolfei Winter et al. 1985 Methanobacterium beijingense Ma et al. 2005 Methanobacterium thermoformicicum Zhilina and Ilarionov 1986 Methanobacterium sp. None 2015 Methanobacterium movilense Schirmack et al. 2014 Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum corrig. Blotevogel et al. 1988 Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum (sic) Blotevogel et al. 1988 Methanobacterium alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986 Methanobacterium espanolae Patel et al. 1990 Methanobacterium thermaggregans corrig. 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