In taxonomy, the Methanosaetaceae are a family of microbes within the order Methanosarcinales.[1] All species within this family use acetate as their sole source of energy.[2]

Methanosaetaceae
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Methanosaetaceae

Boone, Whitman & Koga 2002
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  • Methanotrichaceae Akinyemi et al. 2021

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  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanosaetaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-10-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 253. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

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