title: Archaeal genomics.
abstract: Four euryarchaeal genomes have been completely sequenced and are publicly available: Methanococcus jannaschii, Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Pyrococcus horikoshii and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Four more genome sequences, two crenarchaeal and two pyrococci, will soon be released. In addition, seven more archaeal genome sequencing projects are under way, including two halophiles, two Thermoplasma, and a methanogen. These projects cover all branches of the archaeal domain and will lead to new insights into archaeal metabolism, DNA processing, and evolutionary relationships with the Bacteria and Eukarya.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computational Genomics 1230 York Avenue The Rockefeller University New York, New York, 10021, USA. gaasterl@genomes.rockefeller.edu.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaasterland
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019641:DNA, Archaeal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D010802:Phylogeny; D020543:Proteome; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D020543:Proteome