Species | Division | Lineage | Abbreviation | Genome size, Mb | Number of annotated protein-coding genes | OGTa | Life style and other features | Refb | GenBank accession |
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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 |