Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.152

Name

Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al. 1990

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984

Type Strain

representative organism

Kol5^T (=DSM 5666 =JCM 11834)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanococci Boone 2002
order Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
genus Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984
species Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al. 1990

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al. 1990. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.152.

Source File

10.1601/tx.152.xml

References

Burggraf S, Fricke H, Neuner A, Kristjansson J, Rouvier P, Mandelco L, Woese CR, Stetter KO. Methanococcus igneus sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic methanogen from a shallow submarine hydrothermal system. Syst Appl Microbiol 1990; 13:263-269. [PubMed].