methanogen in English
noun
1
a methane-producing bacterium, especially an archaean that reduces carbon dioxide to methane.
Dog feces naturally contain bacteria called methanogens , which use hydrogen to break down carbon dioxide into microbial food.
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1. The methanogen Methanosalsum natronophilum AME2 T had the most complex diether lipid composition of any of the 13 strains, including hydroxy Archaeol and macrocyclic Archaeol which we surmise is an order-specific membrane adaption.