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Table 1 G/C content and Optimal Growth Temperature of the organisms analysed in this paper.

From: Environment specific substitution tables for thermophilic proteins

ARCHAEA

% G-C

OGT (°C)

Aeropyrum pernix K1

56

90–95

Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661

31

85

Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus str. Delta_H

49

65–70

Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304

48

83

Thermoplasma acidophilum DSM 1728

45

59

Thermoplasma volcanium GSS1

39

60

Sulfolobus solfataricus P2

35

85

Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638

40

100

Methanopyrus kandleri AV19

61

98

Picrophilus torridus DSM 9790

35

60

EUBACTERIA

% G-C

OGT (°C)

Thermotoga maritima MSB8

46

80

Aquifex aeolicus VF5 96

43

96

Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis MB4

37

75

Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1

53

55

Thermus thermophilus HB27

69

68

Geobacillus kaustophilus HTA426

52

55

Thermobifida fusca YX

67

50–55

  1. Data were obtained from NCBI genome database [32] with the exception of G/C content and OGT of Geobacillus kaustophilus, which were taken from the DSMZ database of organisms (Braunschweg, Germany) [37].