WoRMS taxon details
Methanocaldococcus infernus (Jeanthon, L'Haridon, Reysenbach, Vernet, Messner, Sleytr & Prieur, 1998) Whitman, 2002
573637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573637)
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marine
Jeanthon, C., L'Haridon, S., Reysenbach, A.L., Vernet, M., Messner, P., Sleytr, U.B., and Prieur,D. "Methanococcus infernus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48:913-919.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-913 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Methanocaldococcus infernus (Jeanthon, L'Haridon, Reysenbach, Vernet, Messner, Sleytr & Prieur, 1998) Whitman, 2002. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573637 on 2026-06-20
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Jeanthon, C., L'Haridon, S., Reysenbach, A.L., Vernet, M., Messner, P., Sleytr, U.B., and Prieur,D. "Methanococcus infernus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic lithotrophic methanogen isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48:913-919.
, available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-913 [details]
new combination reference Whitman, W. B. G. (2001). Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. nov. <em>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.</em> 243-245. [details]
new combination reference Whitman, W. B. G. (2001). Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. nov. <em>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology.</em> 243-245. [details]
