Methanocalculus

Methanocalculus

Methanocalculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: "Methanomicrobia"
Order: Methanomicrobiales
Family: Methanocorpusculaceae
Genus: Methanocalculus
Ollivier et al. 1998
Type species
Methanocalculus halotolerans
Ollivier et al. 1998
Species

Methanocalculus is a genus of archaeans in the order Methanomicrobiales, and is known to include methanogens.[1]

The genome of Methanocalculus is somewhat different from other genera of methanogenic archaea, with less than 90% 16S ribosomal RNA similarity.[2] The species within Methanocalculus also have a greater tolerance to salt than other microorganisms, and they can live at salt concentrations as high as 125 g/L.[3] Some species within Methanocalculus are neutrophiles, and Methanocalculus natronophilus, discovered in 2013, is a strict alkaliphile.[2]

Nomenclature

The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots: "methano" for methane and "calculus" for gravel. Overall, it means gravel-shaped organism that produces methane.[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[5][6][7] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[8][9][10]
Methanocalculus

M. natronophilus Zhilina et al. 2014

M. alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2015

M. chunghsingensis Lai et al. 2004

M. taiwanensis Lai et al. 2002

M. halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998

M. pumilus Mori et al. 2000

Methanocalculus

M. alkaliphilus

M. chunghsingensis

M. natronophilus

M. taiwanensis

See also

References

  1. ^ a b C.L. Schoch. "Methanocalculus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  2. ^ a b T.N. Zhilina; D.G. Zavarzina; V.V. Kevbrin; T.V. Kolganova (November 2013). "Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaeon from a soda lake, and proposal of the new family Methanocalculaceae". Mikrobiologiya. 82 (6): 698–706. doi:10.1134/S0026261713060131. S2CID 9754709.
  3. ^ a b David R. Boone; Richard W. Castenholz, eds. (2012-01-13). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Nueva York: Springer Science and Business Media. p. 267. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-21609-6. ISBN 978-1-4419-3159-7. S2CID 41426624. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  4. ^ Methanocalculus in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  5. ^ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  7. ^ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
  8. ^ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. ^ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  10. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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