Methanococcales

Methanococcales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981
Families
Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002 Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981

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

Phylogeny

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 Methanotorris Methanococcaceae Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus Methanothermococcus okinawensis Methanococcus aeolicus Methanococcus	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

• List of Archaea genera

References

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

Scientific journals

• Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928.
• Cavalier-Smith, T (2002). "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 1): 7–76. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. PMID 11837318.
• Euzeby JP; Tindall BJ (2001). "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 725–727. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. PMID 11321122.
• Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.

Scientific books

• Boone, DR (2001). "Class I. Methanobacteria class. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.