taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

, ''Methanobrevibacter'' is a

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of the

Methanobacteriaceae In taxonomy, the Methanobacteriaceae are a family of the Methanobacteriales. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Inf ...

.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Methanobrevibacter
Data extracted from the The species within ''Methanobrevibacter'' are strictly anaerobic archaea that produce methane, for the most part through the reduction of

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via

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. Most species live in the intestines of larger organisms, such as

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and are responsible for the large quantities of

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that they produce. ''Mbr. smithii'', found in the human intestine, may play a role in

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Nomenclature

The name ''Methanobrevibacter'' has Latin and Greek roots. ''Methanum'' is Latin for methane, ''brevi'' is Latin for short, and ''bacter'' is Greek for bar. Professional publications use the abbreviations ''M.'', ''Mbb.'', and ''Mbr.'', as in ''M. smithii'', ''Mbb. smithii'', and ''Mbr. smithii''.

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 naming and taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical ...

(LPSN) and

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(NCBI).

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Archaea genera Euryarchaeota {{Euryarchaeota-stub

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