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Methanococcus

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.

[ "Escherichia coli", "Archaea", "Gene", "Enzyme", "ORDER METHANOCOCCALES", "Methanococcaceae", "methanococcus igneus", "Methanococcus maripaludis", "Methanococcus aeolicus" ]
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