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Taxon: Family Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981 (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Methanobacteriati - (Phylum) Methanobacteriota - (Class) Methanococci - (Order) Methanococcales

Current position

Methanococcales (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981

Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 155; LPSN[20 Nov 2025].

Historical positions

*Methanococcales* (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [1 Sep 2017].
*Methanococcales* (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 13.
*Methanococcales* (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 1.
*Methanococcales* (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001a: 155.
*Methanococcales* (Order) Balch and Wolfe 1981	Ref: D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz, 2001: 236; xiv.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 20 Nov 2025	[3g]
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [6 Sep 2017]	[2g]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[2g;6s]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 1	[2g]
2001	D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz	[2g]
2001a	G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt: 155	[2g]
2000		2g

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