[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001
       Class "Methanomicrobia"
         Order Methanosarcinales Boone et al. 2002
           Family Methanosarcinaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
             Genus Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988
               Methanohalophilus portucalensis Boone et al. 1993