Methanococcus
Sign in to saveMethanococcus is a genus of coccoid methanogens of the family Methanococcaceae. 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 and it was the first archaeal genome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomArchaea
- PhylumMethanobacteriota_A
- ClassMethanococci
- OrderMethanococcales
- FamilyMethanococcaceae
Methanococcus arkeobakterioen genero bat da, Methanococcaceae familiakoa. Anaerobio hertsia da eta metano gasa sortzen du arnasketa anaerobioa burutzerakoan. Archae hauek koko itxura dute, eta batzuk termofiloak dira. (RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.log.warn("Gadget "ErrefAurrebista" was not loaded. Please migrate it to use ResourceLoader. See u003Chttps://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berezi:Gadgetaku003E.");});
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Research
1,667 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Phylogeny
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Methanococcus is a genus of coccoid methanogens of the family Methanococcaceae. 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 and it was the first archaeal genome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.
==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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