Query: NC_009634:1002295 Methanococcus vannielii SB chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Methanococcus vannielii; Methanococcus; Methanococcaceae; Methanococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: A methane-producing motile coccus. This type species of Methanococcus was isolated from a San Francisco Bay, USA mud flat. Unlike other members of the genus this species grows only between 20 degrees C - 40 degrees C.
Subject: NC_015636:788532 Methanothermococcus okinawensis IH1 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Methanothermococcus okinawensis; Methanothermococcus; Methanococcaceae; Methanococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Country: Japan; Environment: Hydrothermal vent, Deep sea, Fresh water; Isolation: Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 40 - 75C. This is a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at the Iheya Ridge, in the Okinawa Trough, Japan.