Table 1.
Summary of properties of the archaeal chromosomal and plasmid clusters.
| Organis m/plasmid | Strain no. | Optimal growth | No. of temp. (°C) | Total no. clusters | Accession of repeats |
| Crenarchaea | |||||
| Hyperthermus butylicus | 95–106 | 2 | 93 | – | |
| Pyrobaculum aerophilum | IM2 | 100 | 5 | 136 | AE009441 |
| Aeropyrum pernix | K1 | 95 | 4 | 89 | BA000002 |
| Sulfolobus solfataricus | P2B | 80 | 7 | 425 | AE006641 |
| Sulfolobus tokodaii | 7 | 80 | 6 | 462 | BA000023 |
| Sulfolobus acidocaldarius | DSM639 | 75 | 5 | 227 | CP000077 |
| plasmid pNOB8 | 80 | 1 | 6 | AJ010405 | |
| plasmid pKEF9 | 80 | 1 | 6 | AJ748321 | |
| Nanoarchaea | |||||
| Nanoarchaeum equitans | Kin4-M | 100 | 2 | 42 | AE017199 |
| Euryarchaea | |||||
| Pyrococcus abyssi | GE5 | 103 | 5 | 62 | AL096836 |
| Pyrococcus furiosus | DSM3638 | 100 | 8 | 208 | AE009950 |
| Pyrococcus horikoshii | OT3 | 98 | 7 | 153 | BA000001 |
| Thermococcus kodakaraensis | KOD1 | 85 | 3 | 77 | AP006878 |
| Picrophilus torridus | DSM9790 | 60 | 3 | 120 | AE017261 |
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus | DSM4304 | 83 | 3 | 152 | AE000782 |
| Thermoplasma acidophilum | DSM1728 | 59 | 2 | 48 | AL139299 |
| Thermoplasma volcanium | GSS1 | 60 | 3 | 36 | BA000011 |
| Methanopyrus kandleri | AV19 | 98 | 5 | 41 | AE009439 |
| Methanocaldococcus jannaschii | DSM2661 | 85 | 20 | 200 | L77117 |
| Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus | DH | 65 | 2 | 171 | AE000666 |
| Methanosarcina barkeri | fusaro | 37 | 6 | 101 | CP000099/CP000098 |
| Methanosarcina acetivorans | C2A | 37 | 8 | 79 | AE010299 |
| Methanosarcina mazei | Go1 | 37 | 8 | 136 | AE008384 |
| Methanospirillum hungatei | JF-1 | 37 | 6 | 266 | CP000254 |
| Methanosphaera stadtmanae | DSM3091 | 37 | 2 | 119 | CP000102 |
| Methanococcoides burtonii | DSM6242 | 23 | 2 | 87 | CP000300 |
| Haloarcula marismortui plasmids pNG300, pNG400 | ATCC 43049 | 45 | 3 | 129 | AY596297/AY596298 |
| Haloferax volcanii | 45 | 3 | 76 | – | |
| Natronomonas pharaonis | DSM2160 | 43–45 | 4 | 25 | CR936257 |