Methanocalculus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Methanocalculus

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

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.
Reference: 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 chunghsingensis Lai et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain K1F9705b = DSM 14539 = OCM 772.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF347025.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. chunghsingensis, from Chung Hsing University, to honour the university where the research was performed.
Reference: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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 StrainInfo.net): strain SEBR 4845 = DSM 14092 = OCM 470.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF033672.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. halotolerans, salt tolerating.
Reference: 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 pumilus Mori et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MHT-1 = ATCC BAA-129 = DSM 12632 = JCM 10627.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB008853.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. pumilus, little.
Reference: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanocalculus taiwanensis Lai et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain P2F9704a = BCRC (formerly CCRC) 16182 = DSM 14648 = DSM 14663 = OCM 671.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF411470.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. taiwanensis, pertaining to Taiwan, indicating the source of the type strain.
Reference: 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online