[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Archaea Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval. see Kingdom Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024
       Class Methanococci Boone 2002
         Order Methanococcales Balch and Wolfe 1981
           Family Methanococcaceae Balch and Wolfe 1981
             1 Genus Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
             2 Genus Methanothermococcus Whitman 2002