Methanotorris

Methanotorris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanocaldococcaceae
Genus:	Methanotorris; Whitman 2002
Type species
	Methanotorris igneus; (Burggraf et al. 1990) Whitman 2002
Species
	M. formicicus; M. igneus;

In taxonomy, Methanotorris is a genus of the Methanocaldococcaceae. The organisms in this genus differ from those of Methanothermococcus in that they are hyperthermophiles and from those of Methanocaldococcus in that they have no flagella, are not motile, and do not require selenium to grow. These microbes have not been shown to cause any illnesses.

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