Name: Methanocalculus alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.phi’lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, ashes of saltwort (from Arabic article al, the, and Arabic n. qaliy) (indeclinable); N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline conditions

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AMF2; DSM 24457; UNIQEM U859

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM053969 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Merkel AY, Rijpstra WI, Damste JS, Sukhacheva MV, van Loosdrecht MC. Methanosalsum natronophilum sp. nov., and Methanocalculus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic methanogens from hypersaline soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3739-3745.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Merkel AY, Rijpstra WI, Damste JS, Sukhacheva MV, van Loosdrecht MC. Methanosalsum natronophilum sp. nov., and Methanocalculus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic methanogens from hypersaline soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3739-3745.

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