Name: Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14092; OCM 470; SEBR 4845

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16S rRNA gene: AF033672 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ollivier B, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Magot M, Patel BK, Prensier G, Garcia JL. Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:821-828.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998. Publication: Ollivier B, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Magot M, Patel BK, Prensier G, Garcia JL. Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:821-828.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998

Assigned by: Ollivier B, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Magot M, Patel BK, Prensier G, Garcia JL. Methanocalculus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:821-828.

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Record number: 777832