Methanomicrobia

"Methanomicrobia"
Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Garrity, Bell & Lilburn 2003
Orders
Synonyms
  • Methanocellia Chuvochina et al. 2024
  • "Methanoliparia" Borrel et al. 2019
  • Methanosarcinia Chuvochina et al. 2024
  • "Syntropharchaeia" Rinke et al. 2021

"Methanomicrobia" is a class of archaeans in the phylum Methanobacteriota.[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[6][7][8]
Methanosarcinia

Methanosarcinales

Methanocellia

Methanocellales

"Methanomicrobia"

Methanomicrobiales

"Methanoliparia"

"Methanoliparales"

"Archaeoglobia"

"Mnemosynellales"

Archaeoglobales

Bog‑38

"Methanoflorentales"

Methanocellia

Methanocellales

"Syntropharchaeia"

"Aerarchaeales" [JACQPP01]

"Syntropharchaeales" (ANME-2)

"Alkanophagales" (ANME-1)

Methanosarcinia

Methermicoccaceae {"Methanosarcinales_A"}

Methanotrichales

Methanosarcinales

"Methanomicrobia"

Methanomicrobiales

Halobacteria

See also

References

  1. 1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Methanomicrobia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  2. ↑ Methanomicrobia in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
  6. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Garrity GM; Bell JA; Lilburn TG (2004). "Taxonomic Outline of the Prokaryotes". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed., Release 5.0 ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. doi:10.1007/bergeysoutline200310 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
  • Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.