[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. see Phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
       Class Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005
         Order Methylococcales Bowman 2005
           Family Methylococcaceae Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
             Genus Methylomonas (ex Leadbetter 1974) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
               Methylomonas methanica (ex Söhngen 1906) Whittenbury and Krieg 1984