Methanosalsum
In taxonomy, Methanosalsum is a genus of microbes within the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1] This genus contains two species.
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Methanosalsum zhilinae was isolated from the saline and alkaline sediments of Wadi Natrun in Egypt and from Lake Magadi. It is moderately halophilic.[2][3]
Methanosalsum natronophilum (natronophilum means soda-loving) was isolated from hypersaline soda lakes.[4]
References
- See the NCBI webpage on Methanosalsum. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- Koki Horikoshi; Garabed Antranikian; Alan T. Bull; Frank T. Robb; Karl O. Stetter, eds. (2010-12-08). Extremophiles Handbook. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 260. ISBN 4431538976.
- Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (2006-10-10). The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 246. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- Sorokin, Dimitry Y.; Abbas, Ben; Damsté, Jaap S. Sinninghe; Merkel, Alexander Y.; Sukhacheva, Marina V.; Rijpstra, W. Irene C.; van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M. (2015). "Methanosalsum natronophilum sp. nov., and Methanocalculus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic methanogens from hypersaline soda lakes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (10): 3739–3745. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000488. ISSN 1466-5026.
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.
- 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 (4): 444–450. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-444.
- Balch WE; Fox GE; Magrum LJ; Woses CR; et al. (1979). "Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group". Microbiol. Rev. 43 (2): 260–296. doi:10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979. PMC 281474. PMID 390357.
Scientific books
- Boone DR; Baker CC (2001). "Genus VI. Methanosalsum gen. nov.". In DR Boone; 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 978-0-387-98771-2.
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Methanosalsum
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Methanosalsum
- Search Species2000 page for Methanosalsum
- MicrobeWiki page for Methanosalsum
- LPSN page for Methanosalsum
- Methanosalsum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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