Methanobacteriaceae

Methanobacteriaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Methanobacteria
Order:	Methanobacteriales
Family:	Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956
Genera
"Methanacia" "Methanarmilla" Methanobacterium "Methanobaculum" "Methanobinarius" Methanobrevibacter "Methanocatella" "Methanoflexus" "Methanorudis" Methanosphaera "Methanovirga"

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 10-RS226[6][7][8]
Methanobacteriaceae Methanothermobacter species-group 2 Methanothermobacter Methanobacterium species-group 2 Methanobacterium Methanosphaera Methanobrevibacter	Methanothermobacteraceae_A "Methanothermobacter_A" Methanothermobacteraceae Methanothermobacter Methanobacteriaceae "Methanacia" "Methanoflexus" "Methanovirga" "Methanorudis" "Methanobaculum" "Methanobinarius" "Methanocatella" "Methanarmilla" Methanobrevibacter "Methanobacterium_E" & F "Methanobacterium_D" Methanosphaera Methanobacterium

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Methanobacteriaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
2. Methanobacteriaceae in LPSN; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Peinado-Olarte, Rosa L.; Göker, Markus (7 January 2022). "TYGS and LPSN: a database tandem for fast and reliable genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes". Nucleic Acids Research. 50 (D1): D801 – D807. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab902.
3. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
5. "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
6. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
7. "ar53_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.