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Most Archaea are found in very extreme environments such as round rift vents in the deep sea or in saline ponds at salt works.

Classification

List from Garrity et al. (2007).

Crenarchaeota

 
 

Thermoprotei

 
   

Order: Thermoproteales

 
     

Family: Thermoproteaceae

Includes genera Thermoproteus, Caldiverga, Pyrobaculum, Thermocladium, Vulcanisaeta

 
     

Family: Thermofilaceae

One genus: Thermofilum

 
   

Order: Caldisphaerales

One genus: Caldisphaera

 
   

Order: Desulfurococcales

 
     

Family: Desulfurococcaceae

Includes genera: Desulfurococcus, Acidilobus, Aeropyrum, Ignicoccus, Ignisphaera, Staphylothermus, Stetteria, Sulfophobococcus, Thermodiscus, Thermosphaera

 
     

Family: Pyrodictiaceae

Includes genera: Pyrodictium, Hyperthermus, Pyrolobus,

 
   

Order: Sulfolobales

 
     

Family: Sulfolobaceae

Includes genera: Sulfolobus, Acidianus, Metallosphaera, Stygiolobus, Sulfurisphaera, Sulfurococcus

 

Euryarchaeota

 
 

Methanobacteria

 
   

Order: Methanobacteriales

 
     

Family: Methanobacteriaceae

Incldues genera: Methanobacterium, Methanobrevibacter, Methanosphaera, Methanothermobacter

 
     

Family: Methanothermaceae

One genus: Methanothermus

 
 

Methanococci

 
   

Order: Methanococcales

 
     

Family: Methanococcaceae

Includes genera: Methanococcus, Methanothermococcus

 
     

Family: Methanocaldococcaceae

Includes genera: Methanocaldococcus, Methanotorris

 
 

Methanomicrobia

 
   

Order: Methanomicrobiales

 
     

Family: Methanomicrobiaceae

Includes genera: Methanomicrobium, Methanoculleus, Methanofollis, Methanogenium, Methanolacinia, Methanoplanus

 
     

Family: Methanocorpusculaceae

One genus: Methanocorpusculum

 
     

Family: Methanospirillaceae

One genus: Methanospirillum

 
     

Family uncertain

One genus: Methanocalculus

 
   

Order: Methanosarcinales

 
     

Family: Methanosarcinaceae

Includes genera: Methanosarcina, Methanococcoides, Methanohalobium, Methanohalophilus, Methanolobus, Methanomethylovorans, Methanimicrococcus, Methanosalsum

 
     

Family: Methanosaetaceae

Includes genera: Methanosaeta, Methanothrix

 
 

Class: Halobacteria

 
   

Order: Halobacteriales

 
     

Family: Halobacteriaceae

Includes genera: Halobacterium, Halalkalicoccus, Haloarcula, Halobaculum, Halobiforma, Halococcus, Haloferax, Halogeometricum, Halomicrobium, Halostagnicola, Halorhabdus, Halorubrum, Halosimplex, Haloterrigena, Halovivax, Natrialba, Natrinema, Natronobacterium, Natronococcus, Natronolimnobius, Natronomonas, Natronorubrum

 
 

Thermoplasmata

 
   

Order: Thermoplasmatales

 
     

Family: Thermoplasmataceae

One genus: Thermoplasma

 
     

Family: Picrophilaceae

One genus: Picrophilus

 
     

Family: Ferroplasmaceae

One genus: Ferroplasma

 
 

Thermococci

 
   

Order: Thermococcales

 
     

Family: Thermococcaceae

Includes genera: Thermococcus, Palaeococcus, Pyrococcus

 
 

Archaeoglobi

 
   

Order: Archaeoglobales

 
     

Family: Archaeoglobaceae

Includes genera: Archaeoglobus, Ferroglobus, Geoglobus

 
 

Methanopyri

 
   

Order: Methanopyrales

 
     

Family: Methanopyraceae

One genus: Methanopyrus

 

Publications

  • Garrity, G.M., Lilburn, T.G., Cole, J.R., Harrison, S.H., Euzeby, J., and Tindall, B.J. 2007 Taxonomic Outline of the Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. DOI: 10.1601/TOBA7.7. Download.

Compiled by Hamish Robertson