Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii

US6797466B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The Institute for Genomic Research · US
• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US
• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · US

Inventors

• Carol J. Bult · Bar Harbor, US
• Owen White · Gaithersburg, US
• Hamilton O. Smith · San Diego, US
• Carl R. Woese · Urbana, US
• J. Craig Venter · Village of La Jolla, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 28, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/195
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present application describes the complete 1.66-megabase pair genome sequence of an autotrophic archaeon, Methanococcus jannaschii, and its 58- and 16-kilobase pair extrachromosomal elements. Also described are 1738 predicted protein-coding genes.