Taxonomy of Archaea domain


 * This is a taxonomic list of domain Archaea.

Archaea is a domain of prokaryotes, single-celled, chemolithotrophies and extremophiles microorganims. This list show the taxonomy at genus level, based on Garrity et al. (2007) and Euzéby (2008).

Taxonomy

 * 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