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Restriction-modification (RM) systems are prokaryotic systems that include at least two enzymes: restriction endonuclease (ER) and DNA methyltransferase (MTase). ERs are actively used in genetic engineering and biotechnology. Some experiments require thermostable ERs. The purpose of the work is to study R-M systems in 7 genera of hyperthermophiles. In the genus Thermococcus the most common systems were the first type, in the genus Thermotoga the most common systems were the composition R|M, in the genus Thermus the most common systems were the compositions R|M and RM, Thermocrinis, Sulfolobus, Pyrobaculum the most common systems were the composition R|M. Atypical systems were most often found in strains of the species Thermus thermophilus and strains of uncertain species in the genus Thermococcus.