Methanocalculus halotolerans

Methanocalculus halotolerans is a species of archaeon, the type species of its genus. It is an irregular coccoid hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Its type strain is SEBR 4845^T (= OCM 470^T).^[1]

Methanocalculus halotolerans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	"Methanomicrobia"
Order:	Methanomicrobiales
Family:	Methanocorpusculaceae
Genus:	Methanocalculus
Species:	M. halotolerans
Binomial name
Methanocalculus halotolerans Ollivier et al. 1998

Nomenclature

The name "Methanocalculus" has Latin roots, "methano" for methane and "calculus" for small round structure, "halo" for salt and "tolerans" for tolerant. In all, the name means salt-tolerant organism with a gravelly body that produces methane.^[2]