Methanococcoides

Methanococcoides
Methanococcoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanococcoides
Binomial name
Methanococcoides
Sowers and Ferry 1985
Species
  • M. alaskense
  • M. burtonii
  • M. methylutens

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

Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition.[2]

Contents

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococcoides. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
  2. ^ D.R. Boone, et al. (2001). "Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology". ed. Order III: methanosarcinales (2nd ed., vol. 1 ed.). New York: Springer. 

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Springer E, Sachs MS, Woese CR, Boone DR (1995). "Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45 (3): 554–559. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-554. PMID 8590683. 
  • Sowers KR, Johnson JL, Ferry JG (1984). "Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34: 444–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444. 
  • Sowers KR, Ferry JG (1983). "Isolation and characterization of a methylotrophic marine methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45: 684–690. PMID 16346215. 

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