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Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

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Keith G. Weinstock; Joseph M. Merrick; Anna Glodek; John L. Scott; Neil S. M. Geoghagen; Janice F. Weidman; Joyce L. Fuhrmann; Dave Nguyen; Teresa R. Utterback; Jenny M. Kelley; Jeremy D. Peterson; Paul W. Sadow; Michael C. Hanna; Matthew D. Cotton; Kevin M. Roberts; Margaret A. Hurst; Brian P. Kaine; Mark Borodovsky; Hans-Peter Klenk; Claire M. Fraser; Hamilton O. Smith; Carl R. Woese;
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Carol J. Bult; Owen White; Gary J. Olsen; Lixin Zhou; Robert D. Fleischmann; Granger G. Sutton; Judith A. Blake; Lisa M. FitzGerald; Rebecca A. Clayton; Jeannine D. Gocayne; Anthony R. Kerlavage; Brian A. Dougherty; Jean-Francois Tomb; Mark D. Adams; Claudia I. Reich; Ross Overbeek; Ewen F. Kirkness;
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Bult, Carol J.; White, Owen; Olsen, Gary J.; Zhou, Lixin; Fleischmann, Robert D.; Sutton, Granger G.; Blake, Judith A.; FitzGerald, Lisa M.; Clayton, Rebecca A.; Gocayne, Jeannine D.; Kerlavage, Anthony R.; Dougherty, Brian A.; Tomb, Jean-Francois; Adams, Mark D.; Reich, Claudia I. (1996-08-23).
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was sequenced using whole-genome random sequencing, several interesting characteristics were determined. Methanocaldococcus has a large circular chromosome that is 1.66 mega base pairs long with a G+C content of 31.4%. The species also has a large circular extra-chromosome and small circular
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Rudolf K. Thauer; Anne-Kristin Kaster; Meike Goenrich; Michael Schick; Takeshi Hiromoto; Seigo Shima (2010). "Hydrogenases from methanogenic archaea, nickel, a novel cofactor, and H
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Lee, Eun Hye; Lee, Kitaik; Hwang, Kwang Yeon (13 December 2013). "Structural characterization and comparison of the large subunits of IPM isomerase and homoaconitase from
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represented the first member of the Archaea to have its genome sequenced. According to Venter, the unique features of the genome provided strong evidence that there are
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Ilka Haase; Simone Mörtl; Peter Köhler; Adelbert Bacher; Markus Fischer (2003). "Biosynthesis of riboflavin in Archaea: 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine synthase of
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Maus, Deborah; Heinz, Jacob; Schirmack, Janosch; Airo, Alessandro; Kounaves, Samuel P.; Wagner, Dirk; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk (2020-01-08).
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Erica J. Lyon; Seigo Shima; Gerrit Buurman; Shantanu Chowdhuri; Alfred Batschauer; Klaus Steinbach; Rudolf K. Thauer (January 2004).
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has focused on seeing if these enzymes, which are typically optimal at high temperatures, can be just as active in low temperatures.
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New Possibilities for Life in the Strange, Dark World at the Bottom of Earth's Ocean – And Perhaps in Oceans on Other Planets
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Wenhong Zhu; Claudia I. Reich; Gary J. Olsen; Carol S. Giometti; John R. Yates III (2004). "Shotgun proteomics of
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is an extremophile several astrobiology research projects have begun looking into methane producing bacteria.
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were worked out biochemically in this organism, as were several other archaeal-specific metabolic pathways.
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The Release of Energy During Protein Synthesis at Ultramafic-Hosted Submarine Hydrothermal Ecosystems
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possess the ability to adapt to high temperatures, high pressure, and moderate salinity.
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sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent".
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Yoshizumi Ishino; Kayoko Komori; Isaac K. O. Cann; Yosuke Koga (1998).
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W. J. Jones; J. A. Leigh; F. Mayer; C. R. Woese; R. S. Wolfe (1983). "
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Robert H. White (2001). "Biosynthesis of the methanogenic cofactors".
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on SciTechDaily. November 28, 2021. Source: Arizona State University
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produces in hopes of understanding enzyme evolution or even enzyme
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as primary energy sources, unlike many other methanococci (such as
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Allen, Kyle D.; Xu, Huimin; White, Robert H. (September 2014).
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Tsoka, Sophia; Simon, David; Ouzounis, Christos A. (2004).
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has been a model system for in vivo genetic studies. Since
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Wang, Yu; Xu, Huimin; White, Robert H. (August 2014).
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Due to the amount of information that was gained from
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Many novel metabolic pathways have been worked out in
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as a primary energy source. The genome includes many
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Tumbula, Debra L.; Whitman, William B. (July 1999).
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It is only capable of growth on 25: 1557: 1299: 1167:American Society for Microbiology 1257:Acta Crystallographica Section D 1120:Acta Crystallographica Section F 1110:Gao, Yongxiang (November 2013). 1028:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01463.x 880:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03478.x 867:European Journal of Biochemistry 756:10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03920.x 742:European Journal of Biochemistry 676:Nicholas Wade (23 August 1996). 1308:Methano(caldo)coccus jannaschii 1043: 1002: 945: 921:10.1128/JB.180.8.2232-2236.1998 894: 853: 1314:UCSD genome browser entry for 1159:"Beta-alanine biosynthesis in 812: 771: 728: 688: 603: 447: 13: 1: 1479:methanocaldococcus-jannaschii 1387:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1357:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1332:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1324:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1316:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1208:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1161:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1114:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 785:Annual Review of Biochemistry 714:10.1126/science.273.5278.1058 535:10.1016/s0083-6729(01)61010-0 487:10.1126/science.273.5278.1058 441: 321:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 259:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 253: 228:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 190:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 159:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 36:Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 826:Journal of Proteome Research 261:was sequenced by a group at 7: 970:10.1128/mmbr.65.1.1-43.2001 375:contains a large number of 295:Methanocaldoccus jannaschii 289: 10: 1562: 1068:10.1038/s41598-019-56267-4 394:family. Information about 222: 1546:Archaea described in 1983 1355: 1269:10.1107/S1399004713033762 1132:10.1107/S1744309113026638 363:coenzyme F420 hydrogenase 342:Methanococcus maripaludis 297:is a member of the genus 174: 167: 155: 148: 43:Scientific classification 41: 34: 1289:doi:10.1029/2021JG006436 1253:Methanococcus jannaschii 862:Methanococcus jannaschii 821:Methanococcus jannaschii 614:Methanococcus jannaschii 576:Archives of Microbiology 571:Methanococcus jannaschii 461:Methanococcus jannaschii 420:Methanococcus jannaschii 316:Biology and biochemistry 195:Methanococcus jannaschii 178:Methanococcus jannaschii 18:Methanococcus jannaschii 1306:Microbe wiki entry for 1214:Journal of Bacteriology 908:Journal of Bacteriology 1015:Molecular Microbiology 410:Relevance and Research 359:ferredoxin hydrogenase 327:, meaning it grows by 303:(previously a part of 522:Vitamins and Hormones 345:) which can also use 279:three domains of life 114:Methanocaldococcaceae 424:catalytic mechanisms 371:studies showed that 1226:10.1128/JB.01903-14 1179:10.1128/JB.01784-14 708:(5278): 1058–1073. 633:10.1155/2004/324925 479:1996Sci...273.1058B 473:(5278): 1058–1073. 404:Membranome database 269:using whole-genome 27:Species of archaeon 1056:Scientific Reports 589:10.1007/BF00425213 323:is a thermophilic 300:Methanocaldococcus 286:extra-chromosome. 271:shotgun sequencing 141:M. jannaschii 127:Methanocaldococcus 1528: 1527: 1500:Open Tree of Life 1349:Taxon identifiers 1220:(18): 3315–3323. 1173:(15): 2869–2875. 1126:(11): 1272–1274. 839:10.1021/pr034109s 544:978-0-12-709861-6 236:East Pacific Rise 186: 185: 16:(Redirected from 1553: 1521: 1520: 1508: 1507: 1495: 1494: 1482: 1481: 1469: 1468: 1456: 1455: 1443: 1442: 1430: 1429: 1417: 1416: 1404: 1403: 1391: 1390: 1389: 1376: 1375: 1374: 1344: 1343: 1280: 1247: 1237: 1200: 1190: 1153: 1143: 1098: 1097: 1087: 1047: 1041: 1040: 1030: 1006: 1000: 999: 989: 949: 943: 942: 932: 915:(8): 2232–2236. 898: 892: 891: 874:(5): 1025–1032. 857: 851: 850: 816: 810: 809: 775: 769: 768: 758: 732: 726: 725: 692: 686: 685: 673: 664: 663: 653: 635: 607: 601: 600: 566: 557: 556: 516: 507: 506: 451: 402:was compiled in 161: 32: 31: 21: 1561: 1560: 1556: 1555: 1554: 1552: 1551: 1550: 1531: 1530: 1529: 1524: 1516: 1511: 1503: 1498: 1490: 1485: 1477: 1472: 1464: 1459: 1451: 1446: 1438: 1433: 1425: 1420: 1412: 1407: 1399: 1394: 1385: 1384: 1379: 1370: 1369: 1364: 1351: 1330:Type strain of 1322:KEGG entry for 1302: 1106: 1104:Further reading 1101: 1048: 1044: 1007: 1003: 950: 946: 899: 895: 858: 854: 817: 813: 781: 776: 772: 733: 729: 693: 689: 674: 667: 608: 604: 567: 560: 545: 517: 510: 457:J. 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Index

Methanococcus jannaschii
Scientific classification
Archaea
Euryarchaeota
Euryarchaeota
Methanococci
Methanococcales
Methanocaldococcaceae
Methanocaldococcus
Binomial name
Synonyms
thermophilic
methanogenic
archaean
Methanococci
sequenced
cofactors
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
East Pacific Rise
white smoker
extremophiles
TIGR
Craig Venter
shotgun sequencing
three domains of life
Methanocaldococcus
Methanococcus

methanogen
making methane as a metabolic byproduct

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