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<p><span style="color: #000000">In </span><span style="color: #000000">taxonomy</span><span style="color: #000000">, <i><b>Methanocaldococcus</b></i> is a </span><span style="color: #000000">genus</span><span style="color: #000000"> of the </span><span style="color: #000000">Methanocaldococcaceae</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="2">[1]</font></span></sup></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000"><i><b>Methanocaldococcus</b></i> formerly known as <i><b>Methanococcus</b></i> is a genus of </span><span style="color: #000000">coccoid</span><span style="color: #000000">methanogens</span><span style="color: #000000">. They are all </span><span style="color: #000000">mesophiles</span><span style="color: #000000">, except the </span><span style="color: #000000">thermophilic</span><span style="color: #000000"> <i>M. thermolithotrophicus</i> and the </span><span style="color: #000000">hyperthermophilic</span><span style="color: #000000"> <i>M. jannaschii</i>. The latter was discovered at the base of a “white smoker” chimney at 21°</span><span style="color: #000000">N</span><span style="color: #000000"> on the </span><span style="color: #000000">East Pacific Rise</span><span style="color: #000000"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><font size="2">[2]</font></sup> and it was the first </span><span style="color: #000000">archaean</span><span style="color: #000000">genome</span><span style="color: #000000"> to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and </span><span style="color: #000000">eukaryote</span><span style="color: #000000">-like elements.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="2">[3]</font></span></sup></p>
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<li id="cite_note-0"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> See the </span><span style="color: #000000">NCBI</span><span style="color: #000000">webpage on Methanocaldococcus</span><span style="color: #000000">. Data extracted from the </span><span class="citation web"><span style="color: #000000">"NCBI taxonomy resources"</span><span style="color: #000000">. </span><span style="color: #000000">National Center for Biotechnology Information</span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="printonly">. </span></span><span class="printonly"><span style="color: #000000">ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation web"><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2007-03-19</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=NCBI+taxonomy+resources&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=%5B%5BNational+Center+for+Biotechnology+Information%5D%5D&rft_id=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.ncbi.nih.gov%2Fpub%2Ftaxonomy%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-1"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> <span class="citation Journal">W.J. Jones, <i>et al.</i> (December 1983). "<i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i> sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent". <i>Arch. Microbiol.</i> <b>136</b> (4): 254–261. </span></span><span class="citation Journal"><span style="color: #000000">doi</span><span style="color: #000000">:</span><span style="color: #000000">10.1007/BF00425213</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation Journal">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%27%27Methanococcus+jannaschii%27%27+sp.+nov.%2C+an+extremely+thermophilic+methanogen+from+a+submarine+hydrothermal+vent&rft.jtitle=Arch.+Microbiol.&rft.aulast=W.J.+Jones%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.au=W.J.+Jones%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.date=December+1983&rft.volume=136&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=254%E2%80%93261&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2FBF00425213&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> <span class="citation Journal">C.J. Bult, <i>et al.</i> (August 1996). "Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, <i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i>". </span></span><span class="citation Journal"><i><span style="color: #000000">Science</span></i><span style="color: #000000"> <b>273</b> (5278): 1058–1073. </span><span style="color: #000000">doi</span><span style="color: #000000">:</span><span style="color: #000000">10.1126/science.273.5278.1058</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation Journal">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Complete+genome+sequence+of+the+methanogenic+archaeon%2C+%27%27Methanococcus+jannaschii%27%27&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BScience+%28journal%29%7CScience%5D%5D&rft.aulast=C.J.+Bult%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.au=C.J.+Bult%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.date=August+1996&rft.volume=273&rft.issue=5278&rft.pages=1058%E2%80%931073&rft_id=info:doi/10.1126%2Fscience.273.5278.1058&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. <i>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. </span></span><span class="citation book"><span style="color: #000000">ISBN</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">978-0387987712</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Genus+I.+Methanocaldococcus+gen.+nov.&rft.atitle=Bergey%27s+Manual+of+Systematic+Bacteriology+Volume+1%3A+The+Archaea+and+the+deeply+branching+and+phototrophic+Bacteria&rft.aulast=Whitman&rft.aufirst=WB&rft.au=Whitman%2C%26%2332%3BWB&rft.date=2001&rft.edition=2nd&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Springer+Verlag&rft.isbn=978-0387987712&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y (2001). "Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. <i>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. </span></span><span class="citation book"><span style="color: #000000">ISBN</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">978-0387987712</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Family+II.+Methanocaldococcaceae+fam.+nov.&rft.atitle=Bergey%27s+Manual+of+Systematic+Bacteriology+Volume+1%3A+The+Archaea+and+the+deeply+branching+and+phototrophic+Bacteria&rft.aulast=Whitman+WB%2C+Boone+DR%2C+Koga+Y&rft.au=Whitman+WB%2C+Boone+DR%2C+Koga+Y&rft.date=2001&rft.edition=2nd&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Springer+Verlag&rft.isbn=978-0387987712&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=196118" rel="nofollow"><font color="#3366bb">NCBI taxonomy page for Methanocaldococcus</font></a></span></li>
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<li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2006/search_results.php?search_string=Methanocaldococcus&match_whole_words=on" rel="nofollow"><font color="#3366bb">Search Species2000 page for Methanocaldococcus</font></a></span></li>
<li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Special:Search?search=Methanocaldococcus&go=Go" rel="nofollow"><font color="#3366bb">MicrobeWiki page for Methanocaldococcus</font></a></span></li>
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<li><a class="external text" href="http://archaea.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgGateway?db=methJann1" rel="nofollow"><font color="#3366bb">Information on type species 'Methanocaldococcus jannaschii'</font></a></li>
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<p><span style="color: #000000"><i><b>Methanocaldococcus</b></i> formerly known as <i><b>Methanococcus</b></i> is a genus of </span><span style="color: #000000">coccoid</span><span style="color: #000000">methanogens</span><span style="color: #000000">. They are all </span><span style="color: #000000">mesophiles</span><span style="color: #000000">, except the </span><span style="color: #000000">thermophilic</span><span style="color: #000000"> <i>M. thermolithotrophicus</i> and the </span><span style="color: #000000">hyperthermophilic</span><span style="color: #000000"> <i>M. jannaschii</i>. The latter was discovered at the base of a “white smoker” chimney at 21°</span><span style="color: #000000">N</span><span style="color: #000000"> on the </span><span style="color: #000000">East Pacific Rise</span><span style="color: #000000"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><font size="2">[2]</font></sup> and it was the first </span><span style="color: #000000">archaean</span><span style="color: #000000">genome</span><span style="color: #000000"> to be completely sequenced, revealing many novel and </span><span style="color: #000000">eukaryote</span><span style="color: #000000">-like elements.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="2">[3]</font></span></sup></p>
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<li id="cite_note-0"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> See the </span><span style="color: #000000">NCBI</span><span style="color: #000000">webpage on Methanocaldococcus</span><span style="color: #000000">. Data extracted from the </span><span class="citation web"><span style="color: #000000">"NCBI taxonomy resources"</span><span style="color: #000000">. </span><span style="color: #000000">National Center for Biotechnology Information</span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="printonly">. </span></span><span class="printonly"><span style="color: #000000">ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation web"><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2007-03-19</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=NCBI+taxonomy+resources&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=%5B%5BNational+Center+for+Biotechnology+Information%5D%5D&rft_id=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.ncbi.nih.gov%2Fpub%2Ftaxonomy%2F&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-1"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> <span class="citation Journal">W.J. Jones, <i>et al.</i> (December 1983). "<i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i> sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent". <i>Arch. Microbiol.</i> <b>136</b> (4): 254–261. </span></span><span class="citation Journal"><span style="color: #000000">doi</span><span style="color: #000000">:</span><span style="color: #000000">10.1007/BF00425213</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation Journal">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=%27%27Methanococcus+jannaschii%27%27+sp.+nov.%2C+an+extremely+thermophilic+methanogen+from+a+submarine+hydrothermal+vent&rft.jtitle=Arch.+Microbiol.&rft.aulast=W.J.+Jones%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.au=W.J.+Jones%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.date=December+1983&rft.volume=136&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=254%E2%80%93261&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2FBF00425213&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span style="color: #000000"><b>^</b></span><span style="color: #000000"> <span class="citation Journal">C.J. Bult, <i>et al.</i> (August 1996). "Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, <i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i>". </span></span><span class="citation Journal"><i><span style="color: #000000">Science</span></i><span style="color: #000000"> <b>273</b> (5278): 1058–1073. </span><span style="color: #000000">doi</span><span style="color: #000000">:</span><span style="color: #000000">10.1126/science.273.5278.1058</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation Journal">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Complete+genome+sequence+of+the+methanogenic+archaeon%2C+%27%27Methanococcus+jannaschii%27%27&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BScience+%28journal%29%7CScience%5D%5D&rft.aulast=C.J.+Bult%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.au=C.J.+Bult%2C+%27%27et+al.%27%27&rft.date=August+1996&rft.volume=273&rft.issue=5278&rft.pages=1058%E2%80%931073&rft_id=info:doi/10.1126%2Fscience.273.5278.1058&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">Whitman, WB (2001). "Genus I. Methanocaldococcus gen. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. <i>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. </span></span><span class="citation book"><span style="color: #000000">ISBN</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">978-0387987712</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Genus+I.+Methanocaldococcus+gen.+nov.&rft.atitle=Bergey%27s+Manual+of+Systematic+Bacteriology+Volume+1%3A+The+Archaea+and+the+deeply+branching+and+phototrophic+Bacteria&rft.aulast=Whitman&rft.aufirst=WB&rft.au=Whitman%2C%26%2332%3BWB&rft.date=2001&rft.edition=2nd&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Springer+Verlag&rft.isbn=978-0387987712&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">Whitman WB, Boone DR, Koga Y (2001). "Family II. Methanocaldococcaceae fam. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. <i>Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. </span></span><span class="citation book"><span style="color: #000000">ISBN</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">978-0387987712</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span class="citation book">.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Family+II.+Methanocaldococcaceae+fam.+nov.&rft.atitle=Bergey%27s+Manual+of+Systematic+Bacteriology+Volume+1%3A+The+Archaea+and+the+deeply+branching+and+phototrophic+Bacteria&rft.aulast=Whitman+WB%2C+Boone+DR%2C+Koga+Y&rft.au=Whitman+WB%2C+Boone+DR%2C+Koga+Y&rft.date=2001&rft.edition=2nd&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Springer+Verlag&rft.isbn=978-0387987712&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Methanocaldococcus"><span style="display: none"> </span></span></span></li>
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