[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001
       Class Methanobacteria Boone 2002
         Order Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981
           Family Methanothermaceae Stetter 1982
             Genus Methanothermus Stetter 1982
               Methanothermus sociabilis Stetter 1986