Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Methanobacteriati - (Phylum) Methanobacteriota - (Class) Methanobacteria - (Order) Methanobacteriales - (Family) Methanobacteriaceae

Subsequent positions

Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [assumed]

Current position

Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 10; LPSN[20 May 2026].

Alternative positions

Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [rough position]
methanogens ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position]

Historical positions

Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [6 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 10.
Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 1.
Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz, 2001: 215; xiv.
Methanobacteriaceae (Family) Barker 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 155.
methanogens ([unranked])	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58. [rough position]
Methaneocreatrices (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1982 nom. ined.	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 38. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	23s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 21 Jan 2015	[23s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[13s]