Tags: Archaea.
In taxonomy Methanopyrus is a genus of the Methanopyraceae.Methanopyrus is a genus of methanogen with a single described species M. kandleri. It is a hyperthermophile discovered on the wall of a black smoker from the Gulf of California at a depth of 2000 m at temperatures of 84–110 °C. Strain 116 was discovered in black smoker fluid of the Kairei hydrothermal field; it can survive and reproduce at 122 °C.
