The most physiologically diverse recognized phylum of archaea, including the methanogens that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct in oxygen-free environments such as wetlands and animal digestive tracts, and the halophiles that thrive in extremely salty water such as the Dead Sea and evaporation ponds.
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