Methanococci

Methanococci
Scientific classification
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Methanococci
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  • Methanococci Boone 2002
  • Methanothermea
  • Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002

Methanococci is a class of methanogenic archaea in the phylum Euryarchaeota.[1] They can be mesophilic, thermophilic or hyperthermophilic.

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococci. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.