The fisrt archae genome sequenced
In taxonomy, Methanocaldococcus is a genus of the Methanocaldococcaceae.[1]
Methanocaldococcus formerly known as Methanococcus is a genus of coccoidmethanogens. 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 archaeangenome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.[3]
M. jannaschii is the first archae bacterium to be sequenced by Craig Venter's group.
References
- ^ See the NCBIwebpage on Methanocaldococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ W.J. Jones, et al. (December 1983). "Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent". Arch. Microbiol. 136 (4): 254–261. doi:10.1007/BF00425213.
- ^ C.J. Bult, et al. (August 1996). "Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii". Science 273 (5278): 1058–1073. doi:10.1126/science.273.5278.1058.
Further reading
Scientific journals
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.
Scientific databases
- PubMed references for Methanocaldococcus
- PubMed Central references for Methanocaldococcus
- Google Scholar references for Methanocaldococcus
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Methanocaldococcus
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Methanocaldococcus
- Search Species2000 page for Methanocaldococcus
- MicrobeWiki page for Methanocaldococcus
- LSPN page for Methanocaldococcus
- Information on type species 'Methanocaldococcus jannaschii'
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