Biology:Methanococcoides

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Short description: Genus of archaea

Methanococcoides
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Methanococcoides

Sowers and Ferry 1985
Type species
Methanococcoides methylutens
Sowers and Ferry 1985
Species

In taxonomy, Methanococcoides is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition. The type species of Methanococcoides is Methanococcoides methylutens.[2][3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[5][6][7] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[8][9][10]
Methanococcoides

M. alaskense Singh et al. 2005

M. burtonii

M. methylutens

M. orientis

Methanococcoides

M. burtonii Franzmann et al. 1993

"M. seepicolus" Li et al. 2021

M. vulcani L'Haridon et al. 2014

M. methylutens Sowers & Ferry 1985

M. orientis Liang et al. 2022

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4044109 entry