After NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
<==o Methanococci Boone 2002 [Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002]
`--o Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981
|-- archaeal str. vp183
|-- archaeal str. vp21
|-- hyperthermophilic methanogen FS406-22
|--o Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002
| |--o Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus fervens (Jeanthon et al. 1999) Whitman 2002 [Methanococcus fervens Jeanthon et al. 1999, incl. Methanococcus sp. DSM4213]
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus indicus L'Haridon et al. 2003
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus infernus (Jeanthon et al. 1998) Whitman 2002 [Methanococcus infernus Jeanthon et al. 1998]
| | |--o Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Jones et al. 1984) Whitman 2002 [Methanococcus jannaschii Jones et al. 1984]
| | | `-- Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus vulcanius (Jeanthon et al. 1999) Whitman 2002 [Methanococcus vulcanius Jeanthon et al. 1999]
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. 70-8-3
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. E1885-M
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-1-85
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-2-70
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-2-85
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-365-70
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-365-85
| | |-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-I-85
| | `-- Methanocaldococcus sp. Mc-S-85
| `--o Methanotorris Whitman 2002
| |-- Methanotorris formicicus Takai et al. 2004 [Methanotorris formicicum, incl. Methanotorris sp. Mc-1-70]
| |-- Methanotorris igneus (Burggraf et al. 1990) Whitman 2002 [Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al. 1990]
| |-- Methanotorris sp. Mc-I-70
| `-- Methanotorris sp. Mc-S-70
`--o Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
|--o Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936
| |-- Methanococcus aeolicus Schmid et al. 1984
| |--o Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984 [Methanococcus deltae Corder et al. 1988]
| | |-- Methanococcus maripaludis C5
| | `-- Methanococcus maripaludis S2
| |--o Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman and Barker 1951
| | `-- Methanococcus vannielii SB
| |-- Methanococcus voltae Balch et al. 1981 emend. Ward et al. 1989 [Methanococcus voltaei]
| |-- Methanococcus sp. Dex60a43
| `-- Methanococcus sp. P2F9701a
`--o Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002
|-- Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai et al. 2002
|-- Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al.) Whitman 2002 [Methanobacterium thermolithotrophicus, Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus Huber et al. 1984]
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. E1855-M
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Ep55
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Ep70
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Mc-1-55
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Mc37
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Mc55
|-- Methanothermococcus sp. Mc70
`-- Methanothermococcus sp. Pal55-Mc
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