Methanocaldococcus

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Methanocaldococcus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanococci
Order: Methanococcales
Family: Methanocaldococcaceae
Genus: Methanocaldococcus
Species
  • M. fervens
  • M. indicus
  • M. infernus
  • M. jannaschii
  • M. sp. 70-8-3
  • M. sp. E1885-M
  • M. sp. Mc-1-85
  • M. sp. Mc-2-70
  • M. sp. Mc-2-85
  • M. sp. Mc-365-70
  • M. sp. Mc-365-85
  • M. sp. Mc-I-85
  • M. sp. Mc-S-85
  • M. vulcanius
  • uncultured Methanocaldococcus sp.
  • M. vannielii
  • M. voltae
  • M. maripaludis
  • M. deltae
  • M. thermolithotrophicus
Synonyms
  • Methanocaldococcus Whitman 2002

In taxonomy, Methanocaldococcus is a genus of the Methanocaldococcaceae.[1]

Methanocaldococcus formerly known as Methanococcus is a genus of coccoid methanogens. They are all mesophiles, except the thermophilic M. thermolithotrophicus and the hyperthermophilic M. jannaschii. The latter was discovered at the base of a “white smoker” chimney at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise[2] and it was the first archaean genome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanocaldococcus. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ W.J. Jones, et al. (Dec 1983). "Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent". Arch. Microbiol. 136 (4): 254–261. doi:10.1007/BF00425213. 
  3. ^ C.J. Bult, et al. (Aug 1996). "Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii". Science 273 (5278): 1058–1073. doi:10.1126/science.273.5278.1058. 

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Scientific journals

[edit] Scientific books

  • Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. nov.", in DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria, 2nd ed., New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0387987712. 
  • Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y (2001). "Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov.", in DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria, 2nd ed., New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0387987712. 

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