Table 1.
Strain description of members of the Euryarchaea for which there are publicly available genome sequences as of October 2005. The gene name prefix is used with the gene designations to aid in identification of the species.
| Strain | Genus | Gene name | Temp opt. | Physiology | Genome | No. protein- |
| prefix | (°C) | size (MB) | coding genes | |||
| Archaeoglobus fulgidus | Archaeoglobales | Aful | 83 | Anaerobic, sulphate-reducing | 2.18 | 2,456 |
| DSM 4304 | chemolitho- or chemorgano- | |||||
| autotroph | ||||||
| Ferroplasma acidarmanus | Thermoplasmales | 40 | Acidophile | 1.97 | 1740 | |
| Incomplete | ||||||
| Haloarcula marismortui | Halobacteriales | Hma | 37 | Aerobic halophilic chemorganotroph | 4.3 | 4,242 |
| Halobacterium sp. | Halobacteriales | Halo | 37 | Aerobic halophilic chemorganotroph | 2.57 | 2,656 |
| NRC-1 | ||||||
| Methanocaldococcus jannaschii | Methanococcales | 85 | Chemolithoautotroph, anaerobe, | 1.66 | 1,758 | |
| DSM 2661 | methanogen | |||||
| Methanococcus maripaludis | Methanococcales | Mmar | 37 | Mesophilic anaerobe, | 1.67 | 1,742 |
| S2 | hydrogenotrophic | |||||
| methanogen | ||||||
| Methanopyrus kandleri | Methanopyrales | 110 | Chemolithoautotroph. anaerobe, | 1.69 | 1,691 | |
| AV19 | methanogen | |||||
| Methanococcoides burtonii | Methanosarcinales | Mbur | ~0 | Anaerobe, psychrotolerant | ~2.6 | ~2872 |
| DSM 6242 Incomplete | methanogen | |||||
| Methanosarcina acetivorans | Methanosarcinales | Mace | 37 | Chemoorganoheterotroph, | 5.75 | 4,540 |
| C2A | anaerobe, N2-fixing, | |||||
| methanogen | ||||||
| Methanosarcina barkeri | Methanosarcinales | Mbar | 37 | Chemoorganoheterotroph, | 4.87 | 3,380 |
| str. fusaro | anaerobe, methanogen | |||||
| Methanosarcina mazei | Methanosarcinales | Mmaz | 37 | Chemoorganoheterotroph, | 4.1 | 3,371 |
| Go1 | anaerobe, N2-fixing, | |||||
| methanogen | ||||||
| Methanospirillum hungatei | Methanomicrobiales | Mhun | 37 | Chemoorganoheterotroph | 3.53 | 3,356 |
| JF-1 | anaerobe, methanogen | |||||
| Methanothermobacter | Methanobacteriales | Mthe | 65 | Chemolithoautotroph, anaerobe, | 1.75 | 1,914 |
| thermautotrophicus str. | N2-fixing methanogen | |||||
| Delta H | ||||||
| Natronomonas pharaonis | Halobacteriales | Npha | 20 | Haloalkaliphile | 2.75 | 2,843 |
| Picrophilus torridus | Thermoplasmales | 50 | Extreme acidophile | 1.58 | 1,582 | |
| DSM 9790 | ||||||
| Pyrococcus abyssi | Thermococcales | PAB | 96 | Anaerobic heterotroph | 1.76 | 1,769 |
| GE5 | ||||||
| Pyrococcus furiosus | Thermococcales | 96 | Anaerobic heterotroph | 1.91 | 2,115 | |
| DSM 3638 | ||||||
| Pyrococcus horikoshii | Thermococcales | PH | 98 | Anaerobic heterotroph | 1.74 | 2,110 |
| OT3 | ||||||
| Thermococcus kodakaraensis | Thermococcales | Thermoco | 102 | Anaerobic heterotroph | 2.09 | 2,358 |
| Thermoplasma acidophilum | Thermoplasmales | 59 | Fac. anaerobe, chemorganotroph, | 1.56 | 1,482 | |
| DSM 1728 | thermoacidophile | |||||
| Thermoplasma volcanium | Thermoplasmales | 60 | Fac. anaerobe, chemorganotroph, | 1.55 | 1,499 | |
| GSS1 | thermoacidophile | |||||