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WoRMS taxon details

Methanococcus (Kluyver & van Niel, 1936) emend. Barker, 1936

AphiaID

559495 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559495)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Methanococcaceae

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Species Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall, Liu, Sieprawska-Lupa, Stetter, Whitman & Boone, 2006
Species Methanococcus maripaludis Jones, Paynter & Gupta, 1984
Species Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman & Barker, 1951
Species Methanococcus voltae Balch, Fox, Magrum, Woses & Wolfe, 1979

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Methanococcus (Kluyver & van Niel, 1936) emend. Barker, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559495 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2011-02-14 08:54:44Z

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Trias Verbeeck, Aina

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Not documented

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Methanococcus)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 3 proteins)

WoRMS taxon details

Methanococcus (Kluyver & van Niel, 1936) emend. Barker, 1936

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