Methanolacinia is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanomicrobiaceae.See the NCBI webpage on Methanolacinia. Data extracted from the The cells are bar-shaped and irregular 0.6 μm in diameter and 1.5–2.5 μm in length. They do not form endospores. Most are non-motile, but some have a single flagellum. They are strictly anaerobic. They produce methane through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen and cannot use formate, acetate or methyl compounds as substrates.

See also List of Archaea genera

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External links Methanolacinia at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase