Asked by Ann

Every state has an official animal, flower, and/or tree, but one state has an official bacterial species named in its honor: Methanohalophilus oregonense. What is the state and decipher the meaning of the genus name? (Note: ense =” belonging to”). the state is Oregon and I think this what my teach could be looking for Methano = methane
Halo = halogen (eg. chloride)
-philia = friendship

These are organisms that thrive on salt and methane
please help
Answered by Reed
Oregon is clearly the state. I'm no chemist or scientist at all, but from what I know of language, the rest sounds good to me. It was discovered in Alkali Lake, a saline lake. This should tell you more.

http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-40-2-111
Answered by Ann
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