Methanococcoides

Methanococcoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985
Type species
Methanococcoides methylutens Sowers and Ferry 1985
Species
M. alaskense M. burtonii M. methylutens M. orientis "M. seepicolus" M. vulcani

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

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

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. 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 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "ar53_r220.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

Further reading

• 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 (4): 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 (2): 684–690. Bibcode:1983ApEnM..45..684S. doi:10.1128/AEM.45.2.684-690.1983. PMC 242344. PMID 16346215.
• Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.