Methanothermococcus

Methanothermococcus
Methanothermococcus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanococcaceae
Genus: Methanothermococcus
Binomial name
Methanothermococcus
Whitman 2002
Species
  • M. okinawensis
  • M. thermolithotrophicus

In taxonomy, Methanothermococcus is a genus of the Methanococcaceae.[1]

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Further reading

Scientific journals

  • KogaY, Morii H, Akagawa-Matsushita M, Ohga I (1998). "Correlation of polar lipid composition with 16S rRNA phylogeny in methanogens. Further analysis of lipid component part". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 62: 230–236. doi:10.1271/bbb.62.230. 

Scientific books

  • Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus II. Methanothermococcus gen. nov.". In DR Boone and 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. ISBN 978-0387987712. 

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