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Methanothermococcus
Whitman 2002
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Methanococcaceae (Family)
..Methanococcus (Genus)
..Methanofervidicoccus (Genus)
..Methanothermococcus (Genus)
....Methanothermococcus okinawensis (Species)
....Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
W.B. Whitman,
in
D.R. Boone
et al.
, eds., 2001/2002
Validating publication
:
[Anonymous] 2002.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
52
(3)
: tbl. (p. 686: "gen. nov.", "Whitman").
Etymology
Derived from
:
methane
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [21 May 2026].
Types
Type, by monotypy
:
Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus
(Huber
et al.
1984) Whitman 2002
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 686).
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new
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Methanothermococcus
(Genus)
Whitman 2001 nom. inval.
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 686).
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new
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