Methanohalophilus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Methanohalophilus mahii Paterek and Smith 1988.
Etymology: N.L. n. methanum [from French n. méth(yle) and chemical suffix -ane], methane; N.L. pref. methano-, pertaining to methane; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Methanohalophilus, salt-loving methanogen.
Reference: PATEREK (J.R.) and SMITH (P.H.): Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 122-123.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanohalophilus halophilus (Zhilina 1984) Wilharm et al. 1991, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain INMI Z-7982 = DSM 3094 = OCM 160.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FN870068.
Basonym: ¤ Methanococcus halophilus Zhilina 1984.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt loving.
Reference: WILHARM (T.), ZHILINA (T.N.) and HUMMEL (P.): DNA-DNA hybridization of methylotrophic halophilic methanogenic bacteria and transfer of Methanococcus halophilusVP to the genus Methanohalophilus as Methanohalophilus halophilus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 558-562.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanohalophilus mahii Paterek and Smith 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SLP (Salt Lake Paterek) = ATCC 35705 = DSM 5219 = OCM 68.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M59133.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. mahii, of Mah, in honor of Professor Robert A. Mah for his noteworthy research in anaerobic microbiology and on methanogenic bacteria.
Reference: PATEREK (J.R.) and SMITH (P.H.): Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 122-123.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanohalophilus oregonensis corrig. Liu et al. 1990, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WAL1 = DSM 5435 = OGI (now OCM) 99.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U20152.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. oregonensis, pertaining to Oregon, named for the state in which it was isolated.
Reference: LIU (Y.), BOONE (D.R.) and CHOY (C.): Methanohalophilus oregonense sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen from an alkaline, saline aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 111-116.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, oregonense (sic), has been corrected by Boone et al. 1993.
Reference: BOONE (D.R.), MATHRANI (I.M.), LIU (Y.), MENAIA (J.A.G.F.), MAH (R.A.) and BOONE (J.E.): Isolation and characterization of Methanohalophilus portucalensis sp. nov. and DNA reassociation study of the genus Methanohalophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 430-437.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Methanolobus oregonensis (Liu et al. 1990) Boone 2002, comb. nov.

Methanohalophilus portucalensis Boone et al. 1993, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 59 = FDF-1 = DSM 7471 = OCM 59.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY290717.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. portucalensis, pertaining to Portugal
Reference: BOONE (D.R.), MATHRANI (I.M.), LIU (Y.), MENAIA (J.A.G.F.), MAH (R.A.) and BOONE (J.E.): Isolation and characterization of Methanohalophilus portucalensis sp. nov. and DNA reassociation study of the genus Methanohalophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 430-437.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Methanohalophilus zhilinae Mathrani et al. 1988, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WeN5 = DSM 4017 = OCM 62.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ224366.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. zhilinae, of Zhilina; named for Tatjana Zhilina, who made many definitive studies of halophilic methanogens.
Reference: MATHRANI (I.M.), BOONE (D.R.), MAH (R.A.), FOX (G.E.) and LAU (P.P.): Methanohalophilus zhilinae sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halophilic, methylotrophic methanogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 139-142.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Methanosalsum zhilinae (Mathrani et al. 1988) Boone and Baker 2002, comb. nov.