Methanobacteriaceae

Family of archaea

Methanobacteriaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956
Genera
Methanobacterium Methanobrevibacter Methanosphaera Methanothermobacter

Methanobacteriaceae are a family of archaeans in the order Methanobacteriales.^[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_06_2022^[3]^[4]^[5]

53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214^[6]^[7]^[8]

Methanobacteriaceae

Methanothermobacter species-group 2

Methanothermobacter

Methanobacterium species-group 2

Methanobacterium

	Methanosphaera

	Methanobrevibacter

Methanothermobacteraceae_A	Methanothermobacter species-group 2

"Methanothermobacteraceae"

Methanothermobacter

Methanobacteriaceae

	Methanobacterium alcaliphilum

	Methanobrevibacter

Methanobacterium species-group 2

	Methanosphaera

	Methanobacterium

References

^ ^a ^b Sayers; et al. "Methanobacteriaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanobacteriaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

External links

Prokaryotes: Archaea classification

Domain

Archaea

Bacteria

Eukaryota

(major groups

Excavata

Diaphoretickes

Hacrobia

Rhizaria

Alveolata

Stramenopiles

Plants

Amorphea

Amoebozoa

Opisthokonta

Animals

Fungi)

Euryarchaeota

Hadarchaeota	"Hadarchaeia" "Hadarchaeales" "Persephonarchaeia"
"Hydrothermarchaeota"	"Hydrothermarchaeia" "Hydrothermarchaeles"
"Methanobacteriota"	Methanobacteria Methanobacteriales Methanococci Methanococcales Methanopyri Methanopyrales "Theionarchaeia" Thermococci "Methanofastidiosales" Thermococcales
"Halobacteriota"	Archaeoglobia Archaeoglobales "Mnemosynellales" Halobacteria Halobacteriales "Hikarchaeia" "Hikarchaeales" "Methanocellia" Methanocellales "Methanoliparia" "Methanoliparales" Methanomicrobia Methanomicrobiales Methanonatronarchaeia Methanonatronarchaeales Methanosarcinia Methanosarcinales Methanotrichales "Syntropharchaeia" "Methanophagales" "Syntropharchaeales"
"Thermoplasmatota"	"Izemarchaea" "Thermoprofundales" "Poseidoniia" "Poseidoniales" Thermoplasmata "Aciduliprofundales" "Gimiplasmatales" "Lunaplasmatales" Methanomassiliicoccales "Natronoplasmatales" "Sysuiplasmatales" Thermoplasmatales

DPANN

"Aenigmatarchaeota"
- "Aenigmatarchaeia"
"Altarchaeota"
- "Altarchaeia"
"Iainarchaeota"
- "Iainarchaeia"
"Huberarchaeota"
- "Huberarchaeia"
"Micrarchaeota"
- "Micrarchaeia"
"Nanohalarchaeota"
- "Nanohalarchaeia"
"Nanoarchaeota"
- "Nanoarchaeia"
- "Nanohalobiia"
"Undinarchaeota"
- "Undinarchaeia"

Proteoarchaeota

TACK

Thermoproteota	Korarchaeia "Korarchaeales" Bathyarchaeia "Hecatellales" Nitrososphaeria "Caldarchaeales" Conexivisphaerales "Geothermarchaeales" Nitrososphaerales "Culexarchaeia" "Culexarchaeles" "Methanomethylicia" "Methanomethylicales" "Nezhaarchaeales" Thermoproteia "Gearchaeales" "Marsarchaeales" Sulfolobales Thermoproteales

Asgard

Lokiarchaeota	"Baldrarchaeia" "Freyrarchaeia" "Hermodarchaeia" "Jordarchaeia" "Lokiarchaeia" "Helarchaeales" "Lokiarchaeales" "Sigynarchaeales" Odinarchaeia Thorarchaeia
Heimdallarchaeota	Heimdallarchaeia "Gerdarchaeales" "Heimdallarchaeales" "Hodarchaeales" "Kariarchaeales" "Njordarchaeia" "Sifarchaeia" "Borrarchaeales" "Sifarchaeales" "Wukongarchaeia"

Source:
Alternative views: Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Methanobacteriaceae	Wikidata: Q6823582 Wikispecies: Methanobacteriaceae CoL: CP7 EoL: 7952 EPPO: 1METBF GBIF: 3801 iNaturalist: 357064 IRMNG: 108714 ITIS: 951461 LPSN: methanobacteriaceae NCBI: 2159 Open Tree of Life: 349566 WoRMS: 416248