Biology:Methanothermococcus

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Methanothermococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanococcaceae.[1] The cells are shaped like irregular bars and tend to be Gram-negative. They are mobile via polar flagella. They require acetate to grow.[2]

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).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[4][5][6] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[7][8][9]
 
 

Methanofervidicoccus

 
 
 
Methanothermococcus~1
 

Methanothermococcus jasoni Rizzo et al. 2026

 
 

Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002

 
 
 
 
 

Methanococcus aeolicus

 
 
 

Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002

 
 

Methanococcus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Methanofervidicoccus
 

M. abyssi

 
 
 

Methanothermococcus okinawensis

 
 

Methanococcus aeolicus

 
 
 
 
 
 

Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus

 
 

Methanococcus

 
 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 C.L. Schoch. "Methanothermococcus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=155862&lvl=3. 
  2. ↑ Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2 ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. 2012-01-13. p. 242. ISBN 978-0387216096. https://books.google.com/books?id=3znhBwAAQBAJ&q=%22genus+methanothermococcus%22&pg=PA242. Retrieved 2016-09-04. 
  3. ↑ Methanothermococcus in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110. 
  4. ↑ "The LTPlus". https://bioinfo.uib.es/ltp/#LTPlus. 
  5. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". https://biocom.uib.es/opucheck-backend/api/releases/07_26_04. 
  6. ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè et al. (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea" (in en). Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1. 
  7. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C. 
  8. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release232/232.0/auxillary_files/ar53_r232.sp_labels.tree. 
  9. ↑ "Taxon History". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/. 

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