Methanocalculus

In taxonomy, Methanocalculus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiales.[1] It contains four species:

Methanocalculus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanomicrobiales
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Methanocalculus
Binomial name
Methanocalculus
Ollivier et al. 1998
Species

The genome Methanocalculus is somewhat different from other genera of methanogenic archaea, with less than 90% 16S ribosomal RNA similarity.[2] The species within Methanocalculus also have a greater tolerance to salt than other microorganisms, and they can live at salt concentrations as high as 125 g/L.[3] Some species within Methanocalculus are neutrophiles, and Methanocalculus natronophilus, discovered in 2013, is a strict alkaliphile.[2]

Nomenclature

The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots: "methano" for methane and "calculus" for gravel. Overall, it means gravel-shaped organism that produces methane.[3]

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanocalculus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. T.N. Zhilina; D.G. Zavarzina; V.V. Kevbrin; T.V. Kolganova (November 2013). "Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaeon from a soda lake, and proposal of the new family Methanocalculaceae". Mikrobiologiya. 82 (6): 698–706. doi:10.1134/S0026261713060131.
  3. David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2012-01-13). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 (2 ed.). Nueva York: Springer Science and Business Media. p. 267. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6. ISBN 978-1-4419-3159-7. Retrieved 2016-07-26.

Further reading

Scientific journals
  • Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928.
  • Euzeby JP; Tindall BJ (2001). "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 725–727. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. PMID 11321122.
  • Ollivier B; Fardeau ML; Cayol JL; Magot M; et al. (1998). "Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48 (3): 821–828. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-821. PMID 9734036.
  • Rouviere P; Mandelco L; Winker S; Woese CR (1992). "A detailed phylogeny for the Methanomicrobiales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 15 (3): 363–371. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80209-2. PMID 11540078.
  • Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
  • Zhilina, T. N.; Zavarzina, D. G.; Kevbrin, V. V.; Kolganova, T. V. (November 2013). "Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaeon from a soda lake, and proposal of the new family Methanocalculaceae". Microbiology. 82 (6): 698–706. doi:10.1134/S0026261713060131.

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