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Methanococcoides

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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

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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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sayers; et al. "Methanococcoides". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  2. ^ Yue Guan; David K. Ngugi; Jochen Blom; Shahjahan Ali; James G. Ferry; Ulrich Stingl (20 November 2014). "Draft Genome Sequence of an Obligately Methylotrophic Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens, Isolated from Marine Sediment". Genome Announcements. 2 (6): e01184-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01184-14. PMC 4239356. PMID 25414501.
  3. ^ D.R. Boone; et al. (2001). "Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology" (ed.). Order III: methanosarcinales (vol. 1, 2nd ed.). New York: Springer.
  4. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanococcoides". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading

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