METHANOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methanogen mean? 

• METHANOGEN (noun)
  The noun METHANOGEN has 1 sense:

1. archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas

  Familiarity information: METHANOGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHANOGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("methanogen" is a kind of...):

archaebacteria; archaebacterium; archaeobacteria; archeobacteria (considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae)