In taxonomy, the Methanococcales are an order of the Methanococci.[1]

Methanococcales
Scientific classification
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Methanococcales

Balch and Wolfe 1981
Families

Phylogeny

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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).[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[4][5][6] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]
Methanocaldococcaceae

Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Methanococcaceae

Methanotorris Whitman 2002

Methanofervidicoccus Sakai et al. 2019

Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002

Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall et al. 2006

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

Methanococcus Kluyver & van Niel 1936

See also

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References

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  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococcales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanococcales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  3. ^ Sayers; et al. "Methanococcales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading

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