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Methanococcoides

Genus of archaea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Methanococcoides is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

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Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition. The type species of Methanococcoides is Methanococcoides methylutens.[2][3]

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Phylogeny

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 09-RS220[8][9][10]
Methanococcoides

M. alaskense

M. burtonii

M. methylutens

M. orientis

Methanococcoides

M. burtonii Franzmann et al. 1993

M. alaskense Singh et al. 2005

"M. seepicolus" Li et al. 2021

M. vulcani L'Haridon et al. 2014

M. methylutens Sowers & Ferry 1985

M. orientis Liang et al. 2022

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