Methanococcoides

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Methanococcoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanococcoides
Species
  • M. alaskense
  • M. burtonii
  • M. methylutens
  • M. sp. NaT1
  • M. sp. SBAK-TMA-1
  • uncultured Methanococcoides sp.
  • uncultured archaeon ACE3_A
Synonyms
  • Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985

In taxonomy, Methanococcoides is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococcoides. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ D.R. Boone, et al. (2001). in "Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology": Order III: methanosarcinales, 2nd ed., vol. 1, New York: Springer. 

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[edit] Scientific journals

  • 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: 554–559. 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: 444–450. 
  • Sowers KR, Ferry JG (1983). "Isolation and characterization of a methylotrophic marine methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45: 684–690. 
  • Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43: 260–296. PMID 390357. 

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