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]

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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.

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