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

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCBI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.