Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.21791

Name

Methanocaldococcus villosus Bellack et al. 2011

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

Type Strain

representative organism

KIN24-T80^T (=JCM 16315 =DSM 22612)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanococci Boone 2002
order Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman et al. 2002
genus Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002
species Methanocaldococcus villosus Bellack et al. 2011

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methanocaldococcus villosus Bellack et al. 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.21791.

Source File

10.1601/tx.21791.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 3, 2020.

References

Bellack A, Huber H, Rachel R, Wanner G, Wirth R. Methanocaldococcus villosus sp. nov., a heavily flagellated archaeon that adheres to surfaces and forms cell–cell contacts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1239-1245. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.023663-0 [PubMed].