Methanocaldococcus

Methanocaldococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Methanococci
Order:	Methanococcales
Family:	Methanocaldococcaceae
Genus:	Methanocaldococcus
Binomial name
	Methanocaldococcus; Whitman 2002
Species
	M. fervens; M. indicus; M. infernus; M. jannaschii; M. vulcanius;

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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]

References

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