General

@ref: 1415

BacDive-ID: 6889

DSM-Number: 3590

keywords: Archaea, anaerobe, thermophilic

description: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Hveragerdi is an anaerobe, thermophilic archaeon that was isolated from alkaline hot spring.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 145262
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 1415
• history: <- R. Bachofen and B.M. Butsch, strain Hveragerdi

doi: 10.13145/bacdive6889.20241212.9.2

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/archaea
• keyword: phylum/methanobacteriota
• domain: Archaea
• phylum: Methanobacteriota
• class: Methanobacteria
• order: Methanobacteriales
• family: Methanobacteriaceae
• genus: Methanothermobacter
• species: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
• full scientific name: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus corrig. (Zeikus and Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

• synonyms

  @ref	synonym
  20215	Methanobacterium thermautotrophicum
  20215	Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum
  20215	Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicus
  20215	Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum
  20215	Methanobacterium thermoformicicum
  20215	Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum

@ref: 1415

domain: Archaea

phylum: Euryarchaeota

class: Methanobacteria

order: Methanobacteriales

family: Methanobacteriaceae

genus: Methanothermobacter

species: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

full scientific name: Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus (Zeikus and Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

strain designation: Hveragerdi

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 1415
• name: METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 119)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/119
• composition: Name: METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 119) Composition: NaHCO3 3.98804 g/l Na-formate 1.99402 g/l Na-acetate 0.997009 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.498504 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.498504 g/l KH2PO4 0.498504 g/l NH4Cl 0.398804 g/l NaCl 0.398804 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.398804 g/l Yeast extract 0.199402 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0498504 g/l HCl 0.00249252 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00199402 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149551 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000498504 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189432 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.97009e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.97906e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.58923e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.39282e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.98205e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.99402e-06 g/l Isobutyric acid DL-2-Methylbutyric acid Valeric acid Isovaleric acid H2SO4 Sludge Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 1415
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 60

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

• @ref: 1415
• oxygen tolerance: anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 1415
• sample type: alkaline hot spring
• geographic location: Hveragerdi
• country: Iceland
• origin.country: ISL
• continent: Europe

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 1415
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

External links

@ref: 1415

culture collection no.: DSM 3590

straininfo link

• @ref: 76353
• straininfo: 47729

Reference