From: Extreme genomes
Organism | Domain* | Genome size | Phenotype†| Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | (base pairs) |  |  |
Methanococcus jannaschii | AE | 1,644,970 | H | [3] |
Methanobacterium | AE | 1,751,377 | T | [4] |
   thermoautotrophicum |  |  |  |  |
Archaeoglobus fulgidus | AE | 2,178,400 | H | [5] |
Aquifex aeolicus | B | 1,551,335 | H | [6] |
Pyrococcus horikoshii | AE | 1,738,505 | H | [7] |
Thermotoga maritima | B | 1,860,725 | H | [8] |
Aeropyrum pernix | AC | 1,699,695 | H | [9] |
Thermoplasma acidophilum | AE | 1,564,905 | T | [1] |
Halobacterium strain | AE | 2,014,239 | EH | [10] |
   NRC-1 |  |  |  |  |
Pyrococcus abyssii | AE | 1,765,505 | H | [11] |