In
taxonomy, the Methanococcales are an
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
of the
Methanococci
Methanococci is a class of methanogenic archaea in the phylum Euryarchaeota.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Methanococci Data extracted from the They can be mesophilic
A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither ...
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Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and
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(NCBI).
See also
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List of Archaea genera
References
Further reading
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External links
Archaea taxonomic orders
Euryarchaeota
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