Methanomicrobiaceae

Methanomicrobiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanomicrobia
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanomicrobiaceae
Binomial name
Methanomicrobiaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
Genera
Methanoculleus Methanofollis Methanogenium Methanolacinia Methanomicrobium Methanoplanus

In taxonomy, the Methanomicrobiaceae are a family of the Methanomicrobiales.^[1]

References

Judicial, Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928.

Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ (2001). "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 725–727. PMID 11321122.

Rouviere P, Mandelco L, Winker S, Woese CR (1992). "A detailed phylogeny for the Methanomicrobiales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15 (3): 363–371. PMID 11540078.