Genus Methanocalculus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; L. masc. n. calculus, pebble, gravel; N.L. masc. n. Methanocalculus, methane (-producing) pebble-shaped organism.
Valid publication: OLLIVIER (B.) FARDEAU (M.L.), CAYOL (J.L.), MAGOT (M.), PATEL (B.K.C.), PRENSIER (G.) and GARCIA (J.L.): Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 821-828.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanocalculus alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AMF2=DSM 24457=UNIQEM U859T.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM053969.
Etymology: N. L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the, and Arabic n. qaliy), ashes of saltwort; N.L. adj. philus, (from Gr. adj. philos) loving; N.L. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline condition.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: SOROKIN, D. Y., ABBAS, B., MERKEL, A. Y., RIJPSTRA, W. I., DAMSTE, J. S., SUKHACHEVA, M. V. and VAN LOOSDRECHT, M. C. 2015. Methanosalsum natronophilum sp. nov., and Methanocalculus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic methanogens from hypersaline soda lakes Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3739-3745.
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Methanocalculus chunghsingensis Lai et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K1F9705b = DSM 14539 = OCM 772.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF347025.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. chunghsingensis, from Chung Hsing University, to honour the university where the research was performed.
Valid publication: LAI (M.C.), LIN (C.C.), YU (P.H.), HUANG (Y.F.) and CHEN (S.C.): Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 183-189.
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Note: In the paper by Lai et al. 2004, the strain DSM 14539 is erroneously cited as DSM 14646.
Reference: SPRING (S.): Personal communication (January 26, 2004).
Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SEBR 4845 = DSM 14092 = OCM 470.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF033672.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt tolerating.
Valid publication: OLLIVIER (B.) FARDEAU (M.L.), CAYOL (J.L.), MAGOT (M.), PATEL (B.K.C.), PRENSIER (G.) and GARCIA (J.L.): Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 821-828.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Methanocalculus natronophilus Zhilina et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Z-7105=DSM 25006=VKM B-2765.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX966306.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. n. natron (arbitrarily derived from Arabic n. natrun or natron), soda, sodium carbonate; N.L. pref. natrono-, pertaining to soda; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. natronophilus, liking soda.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 693-696.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: ZHILINA, T. N., ZAVARZINA, D. G., KEVBRIN, V. V. and KOLGANOVA, T. V. 2013. Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaeon from a soda lake, and proposal of the new family Methanocalculaceae. Microbiology, 82, 698-706.
Effective publication Online
Methanocalculus pumilus Mori et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MHT-1 = ATCC BAA-129 = DSM 12632 = JCM 10627.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB008853.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pumilus, little.
Valid publication: MORI (K.), YAMAMOTO (H.), KAMAGATA (Y.), HATSU (M.) and TAKAMIZAWA (K.): Methanocalculus pumilus sp. nov., a heavy-metal-tolerant methanogen isolated from a waste-disposal site. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1723-1729.
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Methanocalculus taiwanensis Lai et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P2F9704a = BCRC (formerly CCRC) 16182 = DSM 14648 = DSM 14663 = OCM 671.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF411470.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, indicating the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: LAI (M.C.), CHEN (S.C.), SHU (C.M.), CHIOU (M.S.), WANG (C.C.), CHUANG (M.J.), HONG (T.Y.), LIU (C.C.), LAI (L.J.) and HUA (J.J.): Methanocalculus taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1799-1806.
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