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Table 1 The 41 archaeal genomes included in the arCOGs

From: Clusters of orthologous genes for 41 archaeal genomes and implications for evolutionary genomics of archaea

Species

Division

Lineage

Abbreviation

Genome size, Mb

Number of annotated protein-coding genes

OGTa

Life style and other features

Refb

GenBank accession

Aeropyrum pernix

Crenarchaeota

Desulfurococcales

Aerpe

1.7

1700

90°C

Aerobic chemorganotroph, sulfur enhances growth

[60]

BA000002.3

Caldivirga maquilingensis IC-167

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Calma

2

1943

90°C

Moderate acidophile, heterotroph, anaerobe or microaerophyle

 

AAXQ00000000

Cenarchaeum symbiosum

Crenarchaeota

Cenarchaeales

Censy

2

2017

~10°C

Moderate psychrophile, uncultivated symbiont of sponges

[33]

DP000238

Hyperthermus butylicus

Crenarchaeota

Desulfurococcales

Hypbu

1.7

1602

>100°C

Hyperthermophilic neutrophile, anaerobe

[61]

CP000493.1

Pyrobaculum aerophilum

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Pyrae

2.2

2605

100°C

Facultative nitrate-reducing anaerobe

[62]

AE009441.1

Pyrobaculum calidifontis JCM 11548

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Pyrca

2

2149

100°C

Same as Pyrae

NA

CP000561.1

Pyrobaculum islandicum DSM 4184

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Pyris

1.8

1978

100°C

Same as Pyrae

NA

CP000504.1

Staphylothermus marinus F1

Crenarchaeota

Desulfurococcales

Stama

1.6

1570

80°C

Anaerobic submarine heterotroph

NA

CP000575.1

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius DSM 639

Crenarchaeota

Sulfolobales

Sulac

2.2

2223

80°C

Aerobic thermoacidophile

[63]

CP000077.1

Sulfolobus solfataricus

Crenarchaeota

Sulfolobales

Sulso

3

2977

80°C

Sulfur-metabolizing chemorganotroph, thermoacidophilic, motile aerobe

[64]

AE006641.1

Sulfolobus tokodaii

Crenarchaeota

Sulfolobales

Sulto

2.7

2825

80°C

Same as Sulso

[65]

BA000023.2

Thermofilum pendens Hrk 5

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Thepe

1.8

1876

92°C

Acidophilic anaerobe

NA

CP000505.1

Thermoproteus tenax

Crenarchaeota

Thermoproteales

Thete

1.8

2021

96°C

Facultative hydrogen-sulfur authotroph, anaerobe

NA

n/a

Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Euryarchaeota

Archaeoglobales

Arcfu

2.2

2420

83°C

Motile, anaerobic, sulfate-reducing chemolito- or chemorgano- autothroph

[66]

AE000782.1

Haloarcula marismortui ATCC 43049

Euryarchaeota

Halobacteriales

Halma

4.3

4240

37°C

Chemoorganotrophic obligate halophile

[67]

AY596297.1

Halobacterium sp

Euryarchaeota

Halobacteriales

Halsp

2.6

2622

37°C

Aerobic chemorganotroph, obligate halophile, proteolytic, motile, with cell envelope; 2 extrachromosomal elements

[68]

AE004437.1

Haloquadratum walsbyi

Euryarchaeota

Halobacteriales

Halwa

3.2

2646

37°C

Halophilic, aerobic heterotroph

[69]

AM180088.1

Methano-thermobacter thermo-autotrophicus

Euryarchaeota

Methanobacteriales

Metth

1.8

1873

65°C

Chemolitoautothroph, strict anaerobe, nitrogen-fixing methanogen

[70]

AE000666.1

Methanococcoides burtonii DSM 6242

Euryarchaeota

Methanosarcinales

Metbu

2.6

2273

23°C

Psychrotolerant, strictly anaerobic, slightly halophilic methylotroph

NA

CP000300.1

Methanocaldo-coccus jannaschii

Euryarchaeota

Methanococcales

Metja

1.7

1786

85°C

Chemolito-autothrophic, strictly anaerobic, motile methanogen, 2 extrachromosomal elements

[71]

L77117.1

Methanococcus maripaludis C5

Euryarchaeota

Methanococcales

MetmC

1.8

1822

37°C

Mesophilic hydrogenotrophic, nitrogen-fixing methanogen

[72]

CP000609.1

Methanococcus maripaludis S2

Euryarchaeota

Methanococcales

Metmp

1.7

1722

37°C

same as MetmC

NA

BX950229.1

Methanocorpusculum labreanum Z

Euryarchaeota

Methanomicrobiales

Metla

1.8

1739

37°C

Strictly anaerobic, CO2 fixing methanogen

NA

CP000559.1

Methanoculleus marisnigri JR1

Euryarchaeota

Methanomicrobiales

Metcu

2.5

2489

37°C

Strictly anaerobic methanogen

NA

CP000562.1

Methanopyrus kandleri

Euryarchaeota

Methanopyrales

Metka

1.7

1687

110°C

Chemolito-autothrophic, strictly anaerobic, methanogen, high intracellular salt concentration

[41]

AE009439.1

Methanosaeta thermophila PT

Euryarchaeota

Methanosarcinales

Metsa

1.9

1696

60°C

Strictly anaerobic methanogen

NA

CP000477.1

Methanosarcina acetivorans

Euryarchaeota

Methanosarcinales

Metac

5.8

4540

37°C

Chemolito-autothrophic, anaerobic, nitrogen-fixing, versatile methanogen, motile, forms multicellular structures

[73]

AE010299.1

Methanosarcina barkeri fusaro

Euryarchaeota

Methanosarcinales

Metba

4.8

3624

37°C

Same as Mac

[74]

CP000099.1

Methanosarcina mazei

Euryarchaeota

Methanosarcinales

Metma

4.1

3370

37°C

Same as Mac

[75]

AE008384.1

Methanosphaera stadtmanae

Euryarchaeota

Methanobacteriales

Metst

1.8

1534

37°C

Methanogen, human intestinal inhabitant

[76]

CP000102.1

Methanospirillum hungatei JF-1

Euryarchaeota

Methanomicrobiales

Methu

3.5

3139

37°C

Strictly anaerobic methanogen

NA

CP000254.1

Natronomonas pharaonis

Euryarchaeota

Halobacteriales

Natph

2.8

2822

37°C

Extreme haloalkaliphile

[77]

CR936257.1

Picrophilus torridus DSM 9790

Euryarchaeota

Thermoplasmales

Picto

1.6

1535

65°C

Extremely acidophilic moderate thermophile

[78]

AE017261.1

Pyrococcus abyssi

Euryarchaeota

Thermococcales

Pyrab

1.8

1898

96°C

Same as Pho

[79]

AL096836.1

Pyrococcus furiosus

Euryarchaeota

Thermococcales

Pyrfu

1.9

2125

96°C

Same as Pho

[80]

AE009950.1

Pyrococcus horikoshii

Euryarchaeota

Thermococcales

Pyrho

1.7

1955

96°C

Anaerobic, motile heterotroph

[81]

BA000001.2

Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1

Euryarchaeota

Thermococcales

Theko

2.1

2306

85°C

Anaerobic heterotroph

[82]

AP006878.1

Thermoplasma acidophilum

Euryarchaeota

Thermoplasmales

Theac

1.6

1482

59°C

Chemorganotrophic, thermoacidophilic, motile facultative anaerobe

[83]

AL139299.1

Thermoplasma volcanium

Euryarchaeota

Thermoplasmales

Thevo

1.6

1499

60°C

Same as Tac

[84]

BA000011.4

Uncultured methanogenic archaeon

Euryarchaeota

?

Uncme

3.2

3085

37°C

Methanogen isolated from rice rhizosphere

NA

AM114193.2

Nanoarchaeum equitans

Nanoarchaeota

?

Naneq

0.5

536

80°C

Obligate symbiont of the crenarchaeon Ignicoccus

[30]

AE017199.1

  1. aOGT, optimal growth temperature
  2. bOnly the references that report the complete genome of the respective species and its initial analysis are cited