Methanococcus

Methanococcus is a genus of coccoid methanogens of the family Methanococcaceae. They are all mesophiles, except the thermophilic M. thermolithotrophicus and the hyperthermophilic M. jannaschii. The latter was discovered at the base of a "white smoker" chimney at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise and it was the first archaeal genome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.

Phylogeny

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

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

• NCBI taxonomy resources, National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2007-03-19
• W.J. Jones, etal, December 1983, Methanococcus jannaschii, sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent, Arch. Microbiol., 136, 4, 254–261, 10.1007/BF00425213, 1983ArMic.136..254J, 33277659
• C.J. Bult, etal, August 1996, Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, , Methanococcus jannaschii, Science, 273, 5278, 1058–1073, 10.1126/science.273.5278.1058, 8688087, 1996Sci...273.1058B, 41481616
• J.P. Euzéby, Methanococcales, 2011-11-17, List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, (LPSN), dead, 2013-01-27
• Sayers, etal, Methanococcales, 2011-06-05, National Center for Biotechnology Information, (NCBI) taxonomy database
• The LTP, 10 May 2023
• LTP_all tree in newick format, 10 May 2023
• LTP_06_2022 Release Notes, 10 May 2023
• GTDB release 08-RS214, Genome Taxonomy Database, 10 May 2023
• ar53_r214.sp_label, Genome Taxonomy Database, 10 May 2023
• Taxon History, Genome Taxonomy Database, 10 May 2023

Further reading