Living Beings

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    Methanococcales

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    Source-identified Methanocaldococcus jannaschii; Light micrograph of cultured cells; source scale bar retained. Framed for display
    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii · Nanako Kanno, Shingo Kato, Takashi Itoh, Moriya Ohkuma, Shinsuke Shigeto · CC BY 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainArchaea
    3. KingdomMethanobacteriati
    4. PhylumMethanobacteriota
    5. ClassMethanococci
    6. OrderMethanococcales
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Archaea domain
    3. Methanobacteriati kingdom
    4. Methanobacteriota phylum
    5. Methanomada group clade
    6. Methanococci class
    7. Methanococcales order

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    2 published profiles in this branch.

    Methanocaldococcaceae · familyMethanococcaceae · family

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Methanocaldococcus jannaschii; Light micrograph of cultured cells; source scale bar retained. Framed for display
    Species · Methanocaldococcus

    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

    Methanocaldococcus jannaschii is a heat-adapted, methane-producing archaeon first isolated from a submarine hydrothermal vent. It belongs to Archaea, a domain distinct from …

    Source-identified Methanococcus maripaludis; Electron micrograph showing a cell and appendages. Framed for display
    Species · Methanococcus

    Methanococcus maripaludis

    Methanococcus maripaludis

    Methanococcus maripaludis is a methane-producing archaeon associated with marine sediment. It has become an important laboratory organism for understanding and modifying archaeal …