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Methanococcoides

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Methanococcoides is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomArchaea
  2. PhylumHalobacteriota
  3. ClassMethanosarcinia
  4. OrderMethanosarcinales
  5. FamilyMethanosarcinaceae
Habitatmarine

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Methanosarcinaceae
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taxon name
Methanococcoides
taxon rank
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Methanococcoides is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.

Methanococcoides species are methanogens entirely dependent on methylated compounds for nutrition. The type species of Methanococcoides is Methanococcoides methylutens.

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