Taxonomy of Archaea domain

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Domain Archaea Woese, Kandler & Wheelis, 1990
- Phylum I. Crenarchaeota Garrity & Holt, 2001
  - Class I. Thermoprotei Reysenbach, 2002
    - Order I. Thermoproteales Zillig & Stetter, 1982
      - Family I. Thermoproteaceae Zillig & Stetter, 1982
        Genus I. Thermoproteus Zillig & Stetter, 1982
        
        Genus II. Caldivirga Itoh, Suzuki, Sanchez & Nakase, 1999
        
        Genus III. Pyrobaculum Huber, Kristjansson & Stetter, 1988
        
        Genus IV. Thermocladium Itoh, Suzuki & Nakase, 1998
        
        Genus V. Vulcanisaeta Itoh, Suzuki & Nakase, 2002
      - Family II. Thermofilaceae Burggraf, Huber & Stetter, 1997
        Genus I. Thermofilum Zillig & Gierl, 1983
    - Order II. Caldisphaerales Garrity, Bell & Lilburn, 2003
      - Family I. Caldisphaeraceae Garrity, Bell & Lilburn, 2003
        Genus I. Caldisphaera Itoh, Suzuki, Sanchez & Nakase, 2003
    - Order III. Desulfurococcales Huber & Stetter, 2002
      - Family I. Desulfurococcaceae Zillig & Stetter, 1983
        Genus I. Desulfurococcus Zillig & Stetter, 1983
        
        Genus II. Acidilobus Prokofeva, Miroshnichenko, Kostrikina, Chernyh, Kuznetsov, Tourova & Bonch-Osmolovskaya, 2000
        
        Genus III. Aeropyrum Sako, Nomura, Uchida, Ishida, Morii, Koga, Hoaki & Maruyama, 1996
        
        Genus IV. Ignicoccus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter, 2000
        
        Genus V. Ignisphaera Niederberger, Götz, MacDonald, Ronimus & Morgan, 2006
        
        Genus VI. Staphylothermus Stetter & Fiala, 1986
        
        Genus VII. Stetteria Jochimsen, Peinemann-Simon, Völker, Stüben, Botz, Stoffers, Dando & Thomm, 1998
        
        Genus VIII. Sulfophobococcus Hensel, Matussek, Michalke, Tacke, Tindall, Kohlhoff, Siebers & Dielenschneider, 1997
        
        Genus IX. Thermodicus Stetter, 2003
        
        Genus X. Thermosphaera Huber, Dyba, Huber, Burggraf & Rachel, 1998
      - Family II. Pyrodictiaceae Burggraf, Huber & Stetter, 1997
        Genus I. Pyrodictium Stetter, König & Stackebrandt, 1984
        
        Genus II. Hyperthermus Zillig, Holz & Wunderl, 1991
        
        Genus III. Pyrolobus Blöch, Rachel, Burggraf, Hafenbradl, Jannasch & Stetter, 1999
    - Order IV. Sulfolobales Stetter, 1989
      - Family I. Sulfolobaceae Stetter, 1989
        Genus I. Sulfolobus Brock, Brock, Belly & Weiss, 1972
        
        Genus II. Acidianus Segerer, Neuner, Kristjansson & Stetter, 1986
        
        Genus III. Metallosphaera Huber, Spinnler, Gambacorta & Stetter, 1989
        
        Genus IV. Stygiolobus Segerer, Trincone, Gahrtz & Stetter, 1991
        
        Genus V. Sulfurisphaera Kurosawa, Itoh, Iwai, Sugai, Uda, Kimura, Horiuchi & Itoh, 1998
        
        Genus VI. Sulfurococcus Golovacheva, Val'Ekho-Roman & Troitskii, 1985
- Phylum II. Euryarchaeota Garrity & Holt, 2001
  - Class I. Methanobacteria Boone, 2002
    - Order I. Methanobacteriales Balch & Wolfe, 1981
      - Family I. Methanobacteriaceae Barker, 1956
        Genus I. Methanobacterium Kluyver & van Niel, 1936
        
        Genus II. Methanobrevibacter Balch & Wolfe, 1981
        
        Genus III. Methanosphaera Miller & Wolin, 1985
        
        Genus IV. Methanothermobacter Wasserfallen, Nölling, Pfister, Reeve & Conway de Macario, 2000
        
        Family II. Methanothermaceae Stetter, 1982
        
        Genus I. Methanothermus Stetter, 1982
  - Class II. Methanococci Boone, 2002
    - Order I. Methanococcales Balch & Wolfe, 1981
      - Family I. Methanococcaceae Balch & Wolfe, 1981
        Genus I. Methanococcus Kluyver & van Niel, 1936
        
        Genus II. Methanothermococcus Whitman, 2002
      - Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae Whitman, Boone & Koga, 2002
        Genus I. Methanocaldococcus Whitman, 2002
        
        Genus II. Methanotorris Whitman, 2002
  - Class III. Methanomicrobia Garrity, Bell & Lilburn, 2003
    - Order I. Methanocellales Sakai, Imachi, Hanada, Ohashi, Harada & Kamagata, 2008
      - Family I. Methanocellaceae Sakai, Imachi, Hanada, Ohashi, Harada & Kamagata, 2008
        Genus I. Methanocella Sakai, Imachi, Hanada, Ohashi, Harada & Kamagata, 2008
    - Order II. Methanomicrobiales Balch & Wolfe, 1981
      - Family I. Methanomicrobiaceae Balch & Wolfe, 1981
        Genus I. Methanomicrobium Balch & Wolfe, 1981
        
        Genus II. Methanoculleus Maestrojuán, Boone, Xun, Mah & Zhang, 1990
        
        Genus III. Methanofollis Zellner, Boone, Keswani, Whitman, Woese, Hagelstein, Tindall & Stackebrandt, 1999
        
        Genus IV. Methanogenium Romesser, Wolfe, Mayer, Spiess & Walther-Mauruschat, 1981
        
        Genus V. Methanolacinia Zellner, Messner, Kneifel, Tindall, Winter & Stackebrandt, 1900
        
        Genus VI. Methanoplanus Wildgruber, Thomm, König, Ober, Ricchiuto & Stetter, 1984
      - Family II. Methanocorpusculaceae Zellner, Stackebrandt, Messner, Tindall, Conway de Macario, Kneifel, Sleyter & Winter, 1989
        Genus I. Methanocorpusculum Zellner, Alten, Stackebrandt, Conway de Macario & Winter, 1988
      - Family III. Methanospirillaceae Boone, Whitman & Koga, 2002
        Genus I. Methanospirillum Ferry, Smith & Wolfe, 1974
      - Family incertae sedis
        Genus I. Methanocalculus Ollivier, Fardeau, Cayol, Magot, Patel, Prensier & Garcia, 1998
        
        Genus II. Methanolinea Imachi, Sakai, Sekiguchi, Hanada, Kamagata, Ohashi & Harada, 2008
    - Order III. Methanosarcinales Boone, Whitman & Koga, 2002
      - Family I. Methanosarcinaceae Balch & Wolfe, 1981
        Genus I. Methanosarcina Kluyver & van Niel, 1936
        
        Genus II. Methanococcoides Sowers & Ferry, 1985
        
        Genus III. Methanohalobium Zhilina & Zavarzin, 1988
        
        Genus IV. Methanohalophilus Paterek & Smith, 1988
        
        Genus V. Methanolobus König & Stetter, 1983
        
        Genus VI. Methanomethylovorans Lomans, Maas, Luderer, Op Den Camp, Pol, van der Drft & Vogels, 2004
        
        Genus VII. Methanimicrococcus Sprenger, van Belzen, Rosenberg, Hackstein & Keltjens, 2000
        
        Genus VIII. Methanosalsum Boone & Baker, 2002
      - Family II. Methanosaetaceae Boone, Whitman & Koga, 2002
        Genus I. Methanosaeta Patel & Sprott, 1990
        
        Genus II. Methanothrix Huser, Wuhrmann & Zehnder, 1984
      - Family III. Methermicoccaceae Cheng, Qiu, Yin, Wu, Hu, Deng & Zhang, 2007
        Genus I. Methermicoccus Cheng, Qiu, Yin, Wu, Hu, Deng & Zhang, 2007
  - Class IV. Halobacteria Grant, Kamekura, McGenity & Ventosa, 2002
    - Order I. Halobacteriales Grant & Larsen, 1989
      - Family I. Halobacteriaceae Gibbons, 1974
        Genus I. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani, 1957
        
        Genus II. Haladaptatus Savage, Krumholz, Oren & Elshahed, 2007
        
        Genus III. Halalkalicoccus Xue, Fan, Ventosa, Grant, Jones, Cowan & Ma, 2005
        
        Genus IV. Haloarcula Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura & Kates, 1986
        
        Genus V. Halobaculum Oren, Gurevich, Gemmell & Teske, 1995
        
        Genus VI. Halobiforma Hezayen, Tindall, Steinbüchel & Rehm, 2002
        
        Genus VII. Halococcus Schoop, 1935
        
        Genus VIII. Haloferax Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura & Kates, 1986
        
        Genus IX. Halogeometricum Montalvo-Rodriguez, Vreeland, Oren, Kessel, Betancourt & López-Garriga, 1998
        
        Genus X. Halomicrobium Oren, Elevi, Watanabe, Ihara & Corcelli, 2002
        
        Genus XI. Halopiger Gutiérrez, Castillo, Kamekura, Xue, Ma, Cowan, Jones, Grant & Ventosa, 2007
        
        Genus XII. Haloplanus Elevi Bardavid, Mana & Oren, 2007
        
        Genus XIII. Haloquadradum Burns, Janssen, Itoh, Kamekura, Li, Jensen, Rodríguez-Valera, Bolhuis & Dyall-Smith, 2007
        
        Genus XIV. Halostagnicola Castillo, Gutiérrez, Kamekura, Xue, Ma, Cowan, Jones, Grant & Ventosa, 2006
        
        Genus XV. Halorhabdus Waino, Tindall & Ingvorsen, 2000
        
        Genus XVI. Halorubrum McGenity & Grant, 1996
        
        Genus XVII. Halosarcina Savage, Krumholz, Oren & Elshahed, 2008
        
        Genus XVIII. Halosimplex Vreeland, Straight, Krammes, Dougherty, Rosenberg & Kamekura, 2003
        
        Genus XIX. Haloterrigena Ventosa, Gutiérrez, Kamekura & Dyall-Smith, 1999
        
        Genus XX. Halovivax Castillo, Gutiérrez, Ma, Cowan, Jones, Grant & Ventosa, 2006
        
        Genus XXI. Natrialba Kamekura & Dyall-Smith, 1996
        
        Genus XXII. Natrinema McGenity, Gemmell & Grant, 1998
        
        Genus XXIII. Natronobacterium Tindall, Ross & Grant, 1984
        
        Genus XXIV. Natronococcus Tindall, Ross & Grant, 1984
        
        Genus XXV. Natronolimnobius Itoh, Yamaguchi, Zhou & Takashina, 2005
        
        Genus XXVI. Natronomonas Kamekura, Dyall-Smith, Upasani, Ventosa & Kates, 1997
        
        Genus XXVII. Natronorubrum Xu, Zhou & Tian, 1999
  - Class V. Thermoplasmata Reysenbach, 2002
    - Order I. Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach, 2002
      - Famly I. Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach, 2002
        Genus I. Thermoplasma Darland, Brock, Samsonoff & Conti, 1970
      - Family II. Picrophilaceae Schleper, Pühler, Klenk & Zillig, 1996
        Genus I. Picrophilus Schleper, Pühler, Klenk & Zillig, 1996
      - Family III. Ferroplasmataceae Golyshina, Pivovarova, Karaviako, Kondrateva, Moore, Abraham, Lünsdorf, Timmis, Yakimov & Golyshin, 2000
        Genus I. Ferroplasma Golyshina, Pivovarova, Karaviako, Kondrateva, Moore, Abraham, Lünsdorf, Timmis, Yakimov & Golyshin, 2000
      - Family incertae sedis
        Genus I. Thermogymnomonas Itoh, Yoshikawa & Takashina, 2007
  - Class VI. Thermococci Zillig & Reysenbach, 2002
    - Order I. Thermococcales Zillig, Holtz, Klenk, Trent, Wurdel, Janekovic, Imsel & Haas 1988
      - Family I. Thermococcaceae Zillig, Holtz, Klenk, Trent, Wurdel, Janekovic, Imsel & Haas 1988
        Genus I. Thermococcus Zillig, 1983
        
        Genus II. Palaeococcus Takai, Sugai, Itoh & Horikoshi, 2000
        
        Genus III. Pyrococcus Fiala & Stetter, 1986
  - Class VII. Archaeoglobi Garrity & Holt, 2002
    - Order I. Archaeoglobales Huber & Stetter, 2002
      - Family I. Archaeoglobaceae Huber & Stetter, 2001
        Genus I. Archaeoglobus Stetter, 1988
        
        Genus II. Ferroglobus Hafenbradl, Keller, Dirmeier, Rachel, Robnagel, Burggraf, Huber & Stetter, 1996
        
        Genus III. Geoglobus Kashefi, Tor, Holmes, Gaw van Praagh, Reysenbach & Lovley, 2002
  - Class VIII. Methanopyri Garrity & Holt, 2002
    - Order I. Methanopyrales Huber & Stetter, 2002
      - Family I. Methanopyraceae Huber & Stetter, 2002
        Genus I. Methanopyrus Kurr, Huber, König, Jannasch, Fricke, Trincone, Kristjansson & Stetter, 1991

Taxonomic notes

Refererences

↑ GARRITY, G. M.; LILBURN, T. G.; COLE, J. R., HARRISON, S. H.; EUZÉBY, J.; TINDALL, B. J. Part 1 Archaea. In Taxonomic Outline of the Bacteria and Archaeae (TOBA). Version 7.7 2007-4-6. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
↑ EUZÉBY, J. P. Classification of domains and phyla - Hierarchical classification of prokaryotes (bacteria). In List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2008-11-20.

[1] GARRITY, G. M.; LILBURN, T. G.; COLE, J. R., HARRISON, S. H.; EUZÉBY, J.; TINDALL, B. J. Part 1 Archaea. In Taxonomic Outline of the Bacteria and Archaeae (TOBA). Version 7.7 2007-4-6. Retrieved 2008-11-20.

[2] EUZÉBY, J. P. Classification of domains and phyla - Hierarchical classification of prokaryotes (bacteria). In List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2008-11-20.

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