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Taxon: Order Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981 (prokaryote)
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Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Archaea - (Phylum) Euryarchaeota - (Class) Methanomicrobia

Subsequent positions

Methanococci (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval. Ref: D.R. Boone, 2001: 246. [assumed]

Current position

Methanomicrobia (Class) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].

Alternative positions

Euryarchaeota (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990
Methanococci (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval. Ref: D.R. Boone, 2001: 246. [new position]

Historical positions

Methanomicrobia (Class) Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017].
Methanomicrobia (Class) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 2).
Methanomicrobia (Class) Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 15.
Methanococci (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval. Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 2. [new position]
Methanococci (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval. Ref: D.R. Boone, 2001: 246; xiv. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 5f;12g;44s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 3f;11g;34s
2016 J.P. Euzéby: [6 Sep 2017] [4f;12g]
2007 G.M. Garrity et al. [3f;9g;30s]
2001b G.M. Garrity et al.: 2 [3f;9g]
2001 D.R. Boone [3f;9g]
2000 3f9g
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