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.
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| Genus: | Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 |
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| Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman & Barker 1951 | |
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