title: Methanohalophilus
text: # Methanohalophilus
  
  In taxonomy, Methanohalophilus is a genus of the Methanosarcinaceae.
  
  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. It also contains Methanohalophilus oregonese, which is alkaliphilic.
  
  ## Phylogeny
  
  The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  
  | 16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214 |
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  | Methanohalophilus M. levihalophilus M. mahii M. halophilus M. portucalensis | Methanohalophilus M. levihalophilus Katayama et al. 2014 M. mahii Paterek & Smith 1988 M. halophilus (Zhilina 1984) Wilharm et al. 1991 M. profundi L'Haridon et al. 2021 "M. euhalobius" (Obraztsova et al. 1987) Davidova et al. 1997 M. portucalensis Boone et al. 1993 |
  