Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al., 1990 Dataset Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) Rank SPECIES Published in Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 40::470 Classification genus Methanotorris species Methanotorris igneus Name Homonyms Methanococcus igneus Burggraf et al., 1990