Query: NC_014961:1283889 Desulfurococcus mucosus DSM 2162 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfurococcus mucosus; Desulfurococcus; Desulfurococcaceae; Desulfurococcales; Crenarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Country: Iceland; Environment: Fresh water, Sulfur spring; Isolation: Hot solfataric spring; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 85C. This is a hyperthermophilic anaerobic archaeon.
Subject: NC_000909:963984 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.