Methanococci

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Methanococci
Scientific classification
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Methanococci
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Synonyms
  • Methanococci Boone 2002
  • Methanothermea
  • Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002
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Methanococci is a class of methanogenic archaea in the phylum Euryarchaeota.[1] They can be mesophilic, thermophilic or hyperthermophilic.

References[]

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanococci. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

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Scientific books[]

  • Boone, DR (2001). "Class I. Methanococci class. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
  • Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

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