Methanococcoides
Genus of archaea
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Methanococcoides is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | "Methanomicrobia" |
| Order: | Methanosarcinales |
| Family: | Methanosarcinaceae |
| Genus: | Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Methanococcoides methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985 | |
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Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition. The type species of Methanococcoides is Methanococcoides methylutens.[2][3]
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]
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