Methanohalophilus

In taxonomy, Methanohalophilus is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

Methanohalophilus
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Methanohalophilus

Paterek and Smith 1988
Species

The species are strictly anaerobic and live solely through the production of methane, using methyl compounds as substrates. The genus Methanohalophilus contains three moderately halophilic species, Methanohalophilus mahii isolated from Utah's Great Salt Lake in the United States, Methanohalophilus halophilus isolated from Shark Bay in Australia, and Methanohalophilus portucalensis isolated from a salt pan in Portugal.[2] It also contains Methanohalophilus oregonese, which is alkaliphilic.[3]

References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanohalophilus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Koki Horikoshi; Garabed Antranikian; Alan T. Bull; Frank T. Robb; Karl O. Stetter, eds. (8 December 2010). Extremophiles Handbook. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 260. ISBN 978-4431538974. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  3. Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-02-10). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 246. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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