Methanohalophilus

Methanohalophilus
Methanohalophilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Methanomicrobia
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus: Methanohalophilus
Binomial name
Methanohalophilus
Paterek and Smith 1988
Species
  • M. halophilus
  • M. mahii
  • M. oregonense
  • M. portucalensis

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

Contents

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Methanohalophilus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 

Further reading

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 (3): 554–559. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-554. PMID 8590683. 
  • Paterek JR, Smith PH (1988). "Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38: 122–123. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-122. 
  • 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. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444. 
  • Buchanan, RE (1960). "Chemical terminology and microbiological nomenclature". Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. 10: 16–22. doi:10.1099/0096266X-10-1-16. 

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. 

Scientific databases

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