Methanocalculus halotolerans

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Methanocalculus halotolerans
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M. halotolerans

Ollivier et al. 1998

Methanocalculus halotolerans is a species of archaeon, the type species of its genus. It is an irregular coccoid hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Its type strain is SEBR 4845T (= OCM 470T). [1]

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Nomenclature

The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots, "methano" for methane and "calculus" for small round structure, "halo" for salt and "tolerans" for tolerant. In all, the name means salt-tolerant organism with a gravelly body that produces methane. [2]

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References

  1. Ollivier, B.; Fardeau, M.-L.; Cayol, J.-L.; Magot, M.; Patel, B. K. C.; Prensier, G.; Garcia, J.-L. (1998). "Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (3): 821–828. doi: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-821 . ISSN   0020-7713. PMID   9734036.
  2. David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (13 January 2012). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Nueva York: Springer Science and Business Media. p. 267. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6. ISBN   978-1-4419-3159-7. S2CID   41426624 . Retrieved 26 July 2016.

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