Methanococcus
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Methanococcus is a hyperthermophilic genus of methanogen. The sequencing of its genes have resulted in the discovery of many novel and Eukaryote-like sequences. A notable species, 'Methanococcus jannaschii', discovered at the base of a white smoker on the East Pacific Rise, was the first organism from Archaea to have its genome completely sequenced.
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Acidophile • Alkaliphile • Barophile • Capnophile • Endolith • Halophile • Hyperthermophile • Hypolith • Lithoautotroph • Lithophile • Oligotroph • Osmophile • Piezophile • Polyextremophile • Psychrophile • Thermophile • Xerophile • |
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Chloroflexus aurantiacus • Deinococcus radiodurans • Deinococcus-Thermus • Paralvinella sulfincola • Pompeii worm • Pyrococcus furiosus • Snottite • Strain 121 • Thermus aquaticus • Thermus thermophilus • |
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Archaea • Abiogenic petroleum origin • Acidithiobacillales • Acidobacteria • Archaeoglobaceae • Berkeley Pit • Crenarchaeota • Grylloblattidae • Halobacteria • Halobacterium • Hydrothermal vent • Methanopyrus • Radioresistance • Thermostability • Thermotogae • |
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