Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

Methylcoccoides methylutens

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: Methylcoccoides methylutens
Level 1: Methanococcoides (genus)
Level 2: Methanosarcinaceae (family)
Level 3: Methanosarcinales (order)
Level 4: 'Methanomicrobia' (class)
Level 6: "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990 (superkingdom)
Level 7: biota (no rank)
Level 8: all (no rank)