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

Methanohalophilus
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Methanohalophilus

Paterek and Smith 1988
Type species
Methanohalophilus mahii
Paterek & 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]

Phylogeny edit

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]
Methanohalophilus

M. levihalophilus

M. mahii

M. halophilus

M. portucalensis

Methanohalophilus

M. levihalophilus Katayama et al. 2014

M. mahii Paterek & Smith 1988

M. halophilus (Zhilina 1984) Wilharm et al. 1991

M. profundi L'Haridon et al. 2021

"M. euhalobius" (Obraztsova et al. 1987) Davidova et al. 1997

M. portucalensis Boone et al. 1993

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sayers; et al. "Methanohalophilus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  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.
  4. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Methanohalophilus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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