Methanohalophilus

Methanohalophilus is a genus of archaeans in the family Methanosarcinaceae.^[1]

Methanohalophilus
Methanohalophilus mahii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	"Methanomicrobia"
Order:	Methanosarcinales
Family:	Methanosarcinaceae
Genus:	Methanohalophilus Paterek and Smith 1988
Type species
Methanohalophilus mahii Paterek & Smith 1988
Species
"M. euhalobius" M. halophilus M. mahii M. levihalophilus M. oregonense M. portucalensis

The species are strictly anaerobic and live solely through the production of methane, using methyl compounds as substrates. The genus Methanohalophilus contains three moderately halophilic species, Methanohalophilus mahii isolated from Utah's Great Salt Lake in the United States, Methanohalophilus halophilus isolated from Shark Bay in Australia, and Methanohalophilus portucalensis isolated from a salt pan in Portugal.^[2] It also contains Methanohalophilus oregonese, which is alkaliphilic.^[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_10_2024[5][6][7]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[8][9][10]
Methanohalophilus M. levihalophilus M. portucalensis M. halophilus M. mahii	Methanohalophilus M. levihalophilus Katayama et al. 2014 "M. euhalobius" (Obraztsova et al. 1987) Davidova et al. 1997 M. portucalensis Boone et al. 1993 M. halophilus (Zhilina 1984) Wilharm et al. 1991 M. mahii Paterek & Smith 1988 M. profundi L'Haridon et al. 2021

See also

• Methanogen
• List of Archaea genera