Methanococcaceae

In taxonomy, the Methanococcaceae are a family of the Methanococcales.^[1] These organisms produce methane from formate or through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen. They live in marshes and other coastal areas. Members of the genus Methanothermococcus have been found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents.^[2]

Methanococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Genera
Methanococcus Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[5][6][7]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[8][9][10]
Methanocaldococcaceae Methanocaldococcus Methanotorris Methanococcaceae Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus Methanothermococcus okinawensis Methanococcus aeolicus Methanococcus	Methanocaldococcaceae Methanocaldococcus Methanococcaceae Methanotorris Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus okinawensis Methanococcus aeolicus Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus Methanococcus

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanococcaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Oren, Aharon (2014-10-19). "The Family Methanococcaceae". The Prokaryotes (Pt 13). Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 215–224. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_410. ISBN 978-3-642-38954-2.
3. 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.
4. Sayers; et al. "Methanococcales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
7. "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
8. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
9. "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading

• 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.
• 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.