Methanococcaceae

Methanococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 [1]
Genera
Methanococcus Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus

Methanococcaceae is a family of archaeans in the order Methanococcales. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 [4] [5] [6]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [7] [8] [9]
Methanocaldococcaceae Methanocaldococcus Methanotorris Methanococcaceae Methanofervidicoccus Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus Methanothermococcus okinawensis Methanococcus aeolicus Methanococcus	Methanocaldococcaceae Methanocaldococcus Methanococcaceae Methanotorris Methanofervidicoccus [incl. Methanothermococcus okinawensis , Methanococcus aeolicus ] Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus Methanococcus

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. Methanococcaceae in LPSN ; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Peinado-Olarte, Rosa L.; Göker, Markus (7 January 2022). "TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes". Nucleic Acids Research. 50 (D1): D801 –D807. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 .
2. C.L. Schoch. "Methanococcaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
3. Oren, Aharon (2014-10-19). "The Family Methanococcaceae". The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 215–224. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_410. ISBN   978-3-642-38954-2.
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 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "ar53_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.

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.