Methanosalsum is a genus of microbes within the family Methanosarcinaceae.See the NCBI webpage on Methanosalsum. Data extracted from the This genus contains two species.
Methanosalsum zhilinae was isolated from the saline and alkaline sediments of Wadi Natrun in Egypt and from Lake Magadi. It is moderately halophilic.
Methanosalsum natronophilum (natronophilum means soda-loving) was isolated from hypersaline soda lakes.
See also List of Archaea genera
References
Further reading Scientific journals
Scientific books
External links Methanosalsum at BacDive – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase