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Methanobacterium

genus of archaea
Taxon taxon Q6823576
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Methanobacterium

Summary

Methanobacterium is a taxon[1]. Methanobacterium ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Methanobacterium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Methanobacterium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Methanobacterium belongs to the parent taxon Methanobacteriaceae[5].
  • Methanobacterium's scientific name is Methanobacterium[6].
  • Methanobacterium's Commons category is recorded as Methanobacterium[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Methanobacterium is Methanobacterium formicicum[8].
  • Methanobacterium's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/methanobacterium[9].
  • Methanobacterium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Methanobacteriati[10].
  • Methanobacterium's nomenclatural type of is recorded as Methanobacteriota[11].

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Classification

Methanobacterium's scientific name is Methanobacterium[6]. Methanobacterium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Methanobacterium is classified within Methanobacteriaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Methanobacterium is Methanobacterium formicicum[8].

Identifiers

Methanobacterium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 356825[12]. Methanobacterium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2160[13]. Methanobacterium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97537[14]. Methanobacterium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1000091[15]. Methanobacterium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 951531[16].

Why It Matters

Methanobacterium ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2] Methanobacterium has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nomenclatural type of → Methanobacteriati, Methanobacteriota
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Methanobacteriaceae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007561088605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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