Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) Mah and Kuhn 1984 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Archaea Woese et al. 1990 Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001 Methanobacteriota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2001 Methanococci Boone 2002 Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002 Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 emend. Sowers et al. 1984 Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ni et al. 1994 Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) Mah and Kuhn 1984 Methanosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Ni et al. 1994 Methanosarcina methanica (Smit 1930) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) Methanosarcina thermophila Zinder et al. 1985 Methanosarcina spelaei Ganzert et al. 2014 Methanosarcina subterranea Shimizu et al. 2015 Methanosarcina baltica von Klein et al. 2002 emend. Singh et al. 2005 Methanosarcina siciliae (Stetter and König 1989) Ni et al. 1994 emend. Elberson and Sowers 1997 Methanosarcina frisia (Blotevogel et al. 1986) Blotevogel and Fischer 1989 Methanosarcina semesiae Lyimo et al. 2000 Methanosarcina acetivorans Sowers et al. 1986 Methanosarcina barkeri Schnellen 1947 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Maestrojuán et al. 1992 Methanosarcina sp. None 2015 Methanosarcina horonobensis Shimizu et al. 2011 Methanosarcina vacuolata Zhilina and Zavarzin 1987 Methanosarcina lacustris Simankova et al. 2002 Methanosarcina flavescens Kern et al. 2016 Methanosarcina soligelidi Wagner et al. 2013 Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) Mah and Kuhn 1984 Maestrojuán G.M. Boone J.E. Mah R.A. Menaia J.A.G.F. Sachs M.S. Boone D.R. Taxonomy and halotolerance of mesophilic Methanosarcina strains, assignment of strains to species, and synonymy of Methanosarcina mazei and Methanosarcina frisia. 1992 42 4 561 567 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-42-4-561 Liolios K. Chen I.M. Mavromatis K. Tavernarakis N. Hugenholtz P. Markowitz V.M. Kyrpides N.C. The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata 2010 38 D346 354 Nucleic Acids Research Nucleic Acids Res. 0305-1048 1362-4962 10.1093/nar/gkp848 19914934 NOTE: The GOLD database erroneously lists the strain as Go1 (correct spelling is Gö1). GOLD also erroneously lists ATCC BAA-199 as equivalent to Go1. The correct ATCC number is ATCC BAA-159. Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) Mah and Kuhn 1984 Methanococcus mazei Barker 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) Mah R.A. Kuhn D.A. Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved List 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved List 1980) as the type species: Request for an Opinion. 1984 34 2 263 265 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-34-2-263 Mah R.A. Kuhn D.A. Transfer of the type species of the genus Methanococcus to the genus Methanosarcina naming it Methanosarcina mazei (Barker 1936) comb. nov. et emend. and conservation of the genus Methanococcus (Approved List 1980) with Methanococcus vannielii (Approved List 1980) as the type species: Request for an Opinion. 1984 34 2 263 265 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-34-2-263