Query: NC_013156:1240926 Methanocaldococcus fervens AG86, complete genome
Lineage: Methanocaldococcus fervens; Methanocaldococcus; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Isolation: Deep-sea hydrothermal chimney sample; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 49 - 89C; Habitat: Deep sea, Marine. Hyperthermophilic methanogen. Methanocaldococcus fervens was isolated from a core sample from a deep sea hydrothermal vent in the Guayamas Basin of the Gulf of California.
Subject: NC_000909:597692 Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661, complete genome
Lineage: Methanocaldococcus jannaschii; Methanocaldococcus; Methanocaldococcaceae; Methanococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Methane-producing thermophilic archeon. Isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the east Pacific Rise in 1982. This organism is an obligately anaerobic methane-producing archeon and was the first representative of the archaeal domain to be completely sequenced. The cells require a pH of 5.2-7 with 1.0-5.0% NaCl, optimal conditions are pH 6.0 and 3% NaCl. Fixes carbon dioxide to methane as its primary energy-producing biochemical pathway.