Methanocalculus halotolerans

Methanocalculus halotolerans is a species of archaeon, the type species of its genus. It is an irregular coccoid hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Its type strain is SEBR 4845T (= OCM 470T).[1]

Methanocalculus halotolerans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Methanomicrobia
Order:
Methanomicrobiales
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Methanocalculus
Species:
M. halotolerans

Ollivier et al. 1998

Nomenclature

The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots, "methano" for methane and "calculus" for small round structure, "halo" for salt and "tolerans" for tolerant. In all, the name means salt-tolerant organism with a gravelly body that produces methane.[2]

References
  1. Ollivier, B.; Fardeau, M.-L.; Cayol, J.-L.; Magot, M.; Patel, B. K. C.; Prensier, G.; Garcia, J.-L. (1998). "Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (3): 821–828. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-821. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9734036.
  2. David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (13 January 2012). 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 26 July 2016.

Further reading
  • Dworkin, Martin.; Falkow, Stanley. (2006). The prokaryotes : a handbook on the biology of bacter. New York ; [London]: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25493-5.
  • Schaechter, Moselio. Encyclopedia of microbiology. Academic Press, 2009.
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