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Genus: | Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998
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Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998
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Methanocalculus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiales, and is known to include methanogens. [1]
The genome of 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]
The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots: "methano" for methane and "calculus" for gravel. Overall, it means gravel-shaped organism that produces methane. [3]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). [1]
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Methanocalculus | |
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Genus: | Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998
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Type species | |
Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998
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Species | |
Methanocalculus is a genus of the Methanomicrobiales, and is known to include methanogens. [1]
The genome of 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]
The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots: "methano" for methane and "calculus" for gravel. Overall, it means gravel-shaped organism that produces methane. [3]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). [1]
16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 [5] [6] [7] | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 [8] [9] [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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