Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.221

Name

Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Methanocalculaceae Zhilina et al. 2014

Members

species	Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998
species	Methanocalculus alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2015
species	Methanocalculus chunghsingensis Lai et al. 2004
species	Methanocalculus natronophilus Zhilina et al. 2014
species	Methanocalculus pumilus Mori et al. 2000
species	Methanocalculus taiwanensis Lai et al. 2002

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanococci Boone 2002
order Methanomicrobiales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanocalculaceae Zhilina et al. 2014
genus Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Methanocalculus Ollivier et al. 1998. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.221.

Source File

10.1601/tx.221.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 25, 2017.

References

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Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Kevbrin VV, Kolganova TV. Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new Alkaliphilic Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Archaeon from a Soda Lake, and Proposal of the New Family Methanocalculaceae. Mikrobiologiya (Russian) 2013; 82:681-690. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261713060131.
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. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-821 [PubMed].
Garrity GM, Lilburn TG, Cole JR, Harrison SH, Tindall BJ. Part 1 – The Archaea, Phyla Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota. The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea Release 7.7, Michigan State University Board of Trustees, 2007, p. 6-31.
Lai MC, Chen SC, Shu CM, Chiou MS, Wang CC, Chuang MJ, Hong TY, Liu CC, Lai LJ, Hua JJ. Methanocalculus taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1799-1806. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-5-1799 [PubMed].
Mori K, Yamamoto H, Kamagata Y, Hatsu M, 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. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1723 [PubMed].
Lai MC, Lin CC, Yu PH, Huang YF, Chen SC. Methanocalculus chunghsingensis sp. nov., isolated from an estuary and a marine fishpond in Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:183-189. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02761-0 [PubMed].