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Methylococcus
Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Methylococcaceae (Family)
..Methanofishera (Candidatus)
..Methylicorpusculum (Genus)
..Methylobacter (Genus)
..Methylocaldum (Genus)
..Methylocucumis (Genus)
..Methylogaea (Genus)
..Methyloglobulus (Genus)
..Methylolobus (Genus)
..Methylomagnum (Genus)
..Methylomarinum (Genus)
..Methylomicrobium (Genus)
..Methylomonas (Genus)
..Methyloparacoccus (Genus)
..Methyloprofundus (Genus)
..Methylosarcina (Genus)
..Methylosoma (Genus)
..Methylosphaera (Genus)
..Methylospira (Candidatus)
..Methyloterricola (Genus)
..Methylovarius (Genus)
..Methylovulum (Genus)
..Methylococcus (Genus)
....Methylococcus capsulatus (Species)
....Methylococcus mobilis (Species)
....Methylococcus thermophilus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Foster & Davis, 1966/1980, nom. approb.
Attributes
Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b]
Ref:
Approved Lists, 1980.
Types
Type of
:
Methylococcaceae
(Family)
Whittenbury and Krieg 1984
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [9 May 2026].
Type of
:
Methylococcales
(Order)
Bowman 2005
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [9 May 2026].
Type, by monotypy
:
Methylococcus capsulatus
Foster and Davis 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
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