General

@ref: 510

BacDive-ID: 6923

DSM-Number: 1312

keywords: Archaea, anaerobe, mesophilic

description: Methanobacterium formicicum DSM 1312 is an anaerobe, mesophilic archaeon that was isolated from sewage digester.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 2162
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 510
• history: <- J. G. Zeikus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA <- M. P. Bryant, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

doi: 10.13145/bacdive6923.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/archaea
• keyword: phylum/methanobacteriota
• domain: Archaea
• phylum: Methanobacteriota
• class: Methanobacteria
• order: Methanobacteriales
• family: Methanobacteriaceae
• genus: Methanobacterium
• species: Methanobacterium formicicum
• full scientific name: Methanobacterium formicicum Schnellen 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

@ref: 510

domain: Archaea

phylum: Euryarchaeota

class: Methanobacteria

order: Methanobacteriales

family: Methanobacteriaceae

genus: Methanobacterium

species: Methanobacterium formicicum

full scientific name: Methanobacterium formicicum Schnellen 1947 emend. Judicial Commission 1992

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 510
• 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: 510
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 37
• range: mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

• @ref: 510
• oxygen tolerance: anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 510
• sample type: sewage digester
• geographic location: Urbana
• country: USA
• origin.country: USA
• continent: North America

isolation source categories

Safety information

risk assessment

• @ref: 510
• biosafety level: 1
• biosafety level comment: Risk group (German classification)

External links

@ref: 510

culture collection no.: DSM 1312

straininfo link

• @ref: 76387
• straininfo: 47359

literature

• topic: Phylogeny
• Pubmed-ID: 8837434
• title: Phylogenetic analyses of some extremely halophilic archaea isolated from Dead Sea water, determined on the basis of their 16S rRNA sequences.
• authors: Arahal DR, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ, Volcani BE, Ventosa A
• journal: Appl Environ Microbiol
• DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3779-3786.1996
• year: 1996
• mesh: Archaea/*genetics/growth & development/metabolism, DNA, Bacterial/analysis, Genes, Bacterial/genetics, Israel, Molecular Sequence Data, Phenotype, *Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/*genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, *Water Microbiology
• topic2: Genetics

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