Table 1.

Comparison of proteome coverage among commonly studied archaeal species.

Species	No. Proteins Identified*	Est. Coverage of Proteome	Ref (s)
Halobacterium salinarum	1,461	62 %	[7]
Haloferax volcanii	1,296	32 %	[8]
Ignicoccus hospitalis	1,058	73 %	[9]
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii	963	54 %	[10]
Methanococcus maripaludis	939	55 %	[11]
Methanosarcina acetivorans	593	14 %	[12–14]
Nanoarchaeum equitans	476	85 %	[9]
Natromonas pharaonis	929	41 %	[15]
Pyrococcus furiosus	932	44 %	[2]
Sulfolobus solfataricus P2	1,590	53 %	[16]
Thermococcus gammatolerans	951	44 %	[17]
Thermococcus onnurineus NA1	1,395	71 %	[18]
Thermoplasma acidophilum	1,025	52 %	[19]

^*Includes cumulative, non-overlapping data from all references indicated.