Methanohalophilus

Methanohalophilus
Methanohalophilus mahii
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Order: Methanosarcinales
Family: Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:
Paterek and Smith 1988
Type species
Methanohalophilus mahii
Paterek & Smith 1988
Species

Methanohalophilus is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.[1]

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]

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  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.
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