methanolobus profundi methanolobus profundi methanolobus profundi is a mesophilic, methylotrophic methanogen archaeon. the type strain is mobmt (=dsm 21213t =nbrc 104158t). it was isolated from a deep subsurface gas field. methanolobus profundi scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: euryarchaeota phylum: euryarchaeota class: methanomicrobia order: methanosarcinales family: methanosarcinaceae genus: methanolobus species: m. profundi binomial name methanolobus profundimochimaru et al. 2009