Methanosalsum Explained

In taxonomy, Methanosalsum is a genus of microbes within the family Methanosarcinaceae.^[1] This genus contains two species.

Methanosalsum zhilinae was isolated from the saline and alkaline sediments of Wadi Natrun in Egypt and from Lake Magadi. It is moderately halophilic.^{[2] [3]}

Methanosalsum natronophilum (natronophilum means soda-loving) was isolated from hypersaline soda lakes.^[4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Springer E . Sachs MS . Woese CR . Boone DR . 1995 . Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 45 . 554–559 . 8590683 . 10.1099/00207713-45-3-554 . 3. free .
• Sowers KR . Johnson JL . Ferry JG . 1984 . Phylogenic relationships among the methylotrophic methane-producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 34 . 444–450 . 10.1099/00207713-34-4-444 . 4 . free .
• Balch WE . Fox GE . Magrum LJ . Woses CR . 4 . Wolfe RS . 1979 . Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group . Microbiol. Rev. . 43 . 260–296 . 390357 . 2 . 281474 . 10.1128/MMBR.43.2.260-296.1979.

Scientific books

• Book: Boone DR . Baker CC . 2001 . Genus VI. Methanosalsum gen. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration .

External links

• Methanosalsum at BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Methanosalsum. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: Koki Horikoshi. Garabed Antranikian. Alan T. Bull. Frank T. Robb. Karl O. Stetter. Extremophiles Handbook. 260. Springer Science and Business Media. 2010-12-08. 978-4431538974.
3. Book: Stanley Falkow. Eugene Rosenberg. Karl-Heinz Schleifer. Erko Stackebrandt. The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. 246. 2006-10-10. 2016-08-25. 0387254935.
4. Sorokin. Dimitry Y.. Abbas. Ben. Damsté. Jaap S. Sinninghe. Merkel. Alexander Y.. Sukhacheva. Marina V.. Rijpstra. W. Irene C.. van Loosdrecht. Mark C. M.. Methanosalsum natronophilum sp. nov., and Methanocalculus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic methanogens from hypersaline soda lakes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65. 10. 2015. 3739–3745. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijsem.0.000488. 26228570. free.