Methanococcus

In taxonomy, Methanococcus is a genus of the Methanococcaceae.

Methanococcus is a genus of coccoid methanogens. 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 its was the first archaean genome to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and eukaryote-like elements.

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