Methanobacterium subterraneum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, eurythermic and halotolerant methanogen isolated from deep granitic groundwater

¹Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino-na-Oke, Moscow region, RU-142292, Russia
²Wadsworth Center, Division of Molecular Medicine, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, and Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public, Health, The University at Albany, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
³Göteborg University, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of General and Marine Microbiology, Box 462, Göteborg, S-40530, Sweden