Methanococci

Methanococci
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanococci
Order
Methanococcales
Synonyms
Methanococci Boone 2002 Methanothermea Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002

Methanococci is a class of methanogenic archaea in the phylum Euryarchaeota. They can be mesophilic, thermophilic or hyperthermophilic.

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococci. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

Further reading

Scientific journals

• 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.
• Woese, CR; Kandler O; Wheelis ML (1990). "Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87 (12): 4576–4579. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.4576W. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576. PMC 54159. PMID 2112744.
• Liu, Yuchen; White, Robert H.; Whitman, William B. (July 2010). "Methanococci Use the Diaminopimelate Aminotransferase (DapL) Pathway for Lysine Biosynthesis". Journal of Bacteriology. 192 (13): 3304–3310. doi:10.1128/JB.00172-10. PMC 2897669. PMID 20418392.

Scientific books

• Boone, DR (2001). "Class I. Methanococci 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.
• Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. 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.

v t e Prokaryotes: Archaea classification
Domain Archaea Bacteria Eukaryota (major groups Excavata Diaphoretickes Hacrobia Rhizaria Alveolata Stramenopiles Plants Amorphea Amoebozoa Opisthokonta Animals Fungi)
Euryarchaeota	Hadarchaeota "Hadarchaeia" "Hadarchaeales" "Persephonarchaeia" "Hydrothermarchaeota" "Hydrothermarchaeia" "Hydrothermarchaeles" "Methanobacteriota" Methanobacteria Methanobacteriales Methanococci Methanococcales Methanopyri Methanopyrales "Theionarchaeia" Thermococci "Methanofastidiosales" Thermococcales "Halobacteriota" Archaeoglobia Archaeoglobales "Mnemosynellales" Halobacteria Halobacteriales "Hikarchaeia" "Hikarchaeales" "Methanocellia" Methanocellales "Methanoliparia" "Methanoliparales" Methanomicrobia Methanomicrobiales Methanonatronarchaeia Methanonatronarchaeales Methanosarcinia Methanosarcinales Methanotrichales "Syntropharchaeia" "Methanophagales" "Syntropharchaeales" "Thermoplasmatota" "Izemarchaea" "Thermoprofundales" "Poseidoniia" "Poseidoniales" Thermoplasmata "Aciduliprofundales" "Gimiplasmatales" "Lunaplasmatales" Methanomassiliicoccales "Natronoplasmatales" "Sysuiplasmatales" Thermoplasmatales
DPANN	"Aenigmatarchaeota" "Aenigmatarchaeia" "Altarchaeota" "Altarchaeia" "Iainarchaeota" "Iainarchaeia" "Huberarchaeota" "Huberarchaeia" "Micrarchaeota" "Micrarchaeia" "Nanohalarchaeota" "Nanohalarchaeia" "Nanoarchaeota" "Nanoarchaeia" "Nanohalobiia" "Undinarchaeota" "Undinarchaeia"
Proteoarchaeota	TACK Thermoproteota Korarchaeia "Korarchaeales" Bathyarchaeia "Hecatellales" Nitrososphaeria "Caldarchaeales" Conexivisphaerales "Geothermarchaeales" Nitrososphaerales "Culexarchaeia" "Culexarchaeles" "Methanomethylicia" "Methanomethylicales" "Nezhaarchaeales" Thermoproteia "Gearchaeales" "Marsarchaeales" Sulfolobales Thermoproteales Asgard Lokiarchaeota "Baldrarchaeia" "Freyrarchaeia" "Hermodarchaeia" "Jordarchaeia" "Lokiarchaeia" "Helarchaeales" "Lokiarchaeales" "Sigynarchaeales" Odinarchaeia Thorarchaeia Heimdallarchaeota Heimdallarchaeia "Gerdarchaeales" "Heimdallarchaeales" "Hodarchaeales" "Kariarchaeales" "Njordarchaeia" "Sifarchaeia" "Borrarchaeales" "Sifarchaeales" "Wukongarchaeia"
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Taxon identifiers
Methanococci	Wikidata: Q1051240 Wikispecies: Methanococci CoL: 62263 EoL: 7942 GBIF: 161 iNaturalist: 152091 IRMNG: 1490 ITIS: 951429 LPSN: methanococci NCBI: 183939 Open Tree of Life: 295896 WoRMS: 416250

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