Methanococcales

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Order:Methanococcales
Balch and Wolfe 1981
Methanococcales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Balch and Wolfe 1981
Families

Methanococcales is an order of archaeans in the class Methanococci.[1]

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[6][7][8]

Methanotorris Whitman 2002

Methanococcaceae

Methanofervidicoccus Sakai et al. 2019

Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002 (type sp.)

Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002

Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall et al. 2006

Methanococcus Kluyver & van Niel 1936

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