Methanohalophilus

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Methanohalophilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanohalophilus
Species
  • M. euhalobius
  • M. halophilus
  • M. mahii
  • M. portucalensis
  • M. sp. strain Cas-1
  • M. sp. strain HCM6
  • M. sp. strain Ref-1
  • M. sp. strain SF-1
  • uncultured Methanohalophilus sp.
Synonyms
  • Methanihalophilus
  • Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988

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

Contents

[edit] References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanohalophilus. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Scientific journals

  • Springer E, Sachs MS, Woese CR, Boone DR (1995). "Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45: 554–559. PMID 8590683. 
  • Paterek JR, Smith PH (1988). "Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38: 122–123. 
  • Sowers KR, Johnson JL, Ferry JG (1984). "Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34: 444–450. 
  • Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woses CR, Wolfe RS (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43: 260–296. PMID 390357. 
  • Buchanan, RE (1960). "Chemical terminology and microbiological nomenclature". Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. 10: 16–22. 

[edit] Scientific books

  • Boone, DR (2001). "Genus IV. Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988, 122VP", in DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria, 2nd ed., New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-0387987712. 

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