Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.96

Name

Methanobacterium alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 3387^T (=WeN4)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Methanobacteria (Murray 1988) Boone 2002
order Methanobacteriales Balch and Wolfe 1981
family Methanobacteriaceae Barker 1956 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Methanobacterium Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Balch and Wolfe 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
species Methanobacterium alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Methanobacterium alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.96.

Source File

10.1601/tx.96.xml

References

Worakit S, Boone DR, Mah RA, Abdel-Samie ME, El-Halwagi MM. Methanobacterium alcaliphilum sp. nov., a hydrogen-using methanogen that grows at high pH values. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:380-382. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-3-380.