IRMNG Taxon list
Methanococcus aeolicus Kendall, Liu, Sieprawska-Lupa, Stetter, Whitman & Boone, 2006
Methanococcus deltae Corder et al., 1988
Methanococcus fervens Jeanthon et al., 1999 accepted as Methanocaldococcus fervens (Jeanthon, L'Haridon, Reysenbach, Corre, Vernet, Messner, Sleytr & Prieur, 1999) Whitman, 2002
Methanococcus frisius Blotevogel et al., 1986 accepted as Methanosarcina frisia (Blotevogel et al. 1986) Blotevogel & Fischer, 1989
Methanococcus halophilus Zhilina, 1984 accepted as Methanohalophilus halophilus (Zhilina 1984) Wilharm et al., 1991
Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al., 1990 accepted as Methanotorris igneus (Burggraf, Fricke, Neuner, Kristjansson, Rouvier, Mandelco, Woese & Stetter, 1990) Whitman, 2002
Methanococcus infernus Jeanthon et al., 1998 accepted as Methanocaldococcus infernus (Jeanthon, L'Haridon, Reysenbach, Vernet, Messner, Sleytr & Prieur, 1998) Whitman, 2002
Methanococcus jannaschii Jones et al., 1984 accepted as Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (Jones, Leigh, Mayer, Woese & Wolfe, 1984) Whitman, 2002
Methanococcus maripaludis Jones, Paynter & Gupta, 1984
Methanococcus mazei Barker, 1936
Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus Huber et al., 1984 accepted as Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber, Thomm, Konig, Thies & Stetter, 1982) Whitman, 2002
Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman & Barker, 1951
Methanococcus voltae Balch, Fox, Magrum, Woses & Wolfe, 1979
Methanococcus vulcanius Jeanthon et al., 1999 accepted as Methanocaldococcus vulcanius (Jeanthon, L'Haridon, Reysenbach, Corre, Vernet, Messner, Sleytr & Prieur, 1999) Whitman, 2002
Methanothermococcus okinawensis Takai, Inoue & Horikoshi, 2002
Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber, Thomm, Konig, Thies & Stetter, 1982) Whitman, 2002