Methanocaldococcaceae Explained

In taxonomy, the Methanocaldococcaceae are a family of microbes within the order Methanococcales.^[1] It contains two genera, the type genus Methanocaldococcus and Methanotorris. These species are coccoid in form, neutrophilic to slightly acidophilic, and predominantly motile, and they have a very short generation period, from 25 to 45 minutes under optimal conditions. They produce energy exclusively through the reduction of carbon dioxide with hydrogen. Some species have been found in marine hydrothermal vents.^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes . 2005 . The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79 . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 55 . 517 - 518 . 15653928 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. free .
• Euzeby JP . Tindall BJ . 2001 . Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 51 . 725 - 727 . 11321122 . Pt 2 . 10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. free .
• Balch WE . Fox GE . Magrum LJ . Woses CR . 4 . Wolfe RS . 1979 . Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group . Microbiol. Rev. . 43 . 260 - 296 . 390357 . 2 . 281474 . 10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979.

Scientific books

• Book: Whitman WB . Boone DR . Koga Y . 2001 . Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . 169 . . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanocaldococcaceae. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: Oren. Aharon. The Prokaryotes. 10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_322. 2014-10-19. 978-3-642-38953-5. 201–208. The Family Methanocaldococcaceae.
3. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Methanococcales . 2011-11-17 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130127030659/http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classifphyla.html . 2013-01-27 .
4. Web site: Sayers. etal. Methanococcales . 2011-06-05 . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database.
5. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
10. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.