Methanococcus maripaludis (OCM 363, JCM 10012)

Name: Methanococcus maripaludis (OCM 363, JCM 10012)
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BacDive ID 160837

Type strain

Culture col. no. OCM 363 JCM 10012

NCBI tax ID(s) 39152

Special Collections JCM

History JCM <-- W. B. Whitman C6.

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Methanococcus maripaludis JCM 10012 is an archaeon that was isolated from Marsh sediment, Roger's Marsh.

16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 63009

JCM 10012

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:32

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Methanococci

Order Methanococcales

Family Methanococcaceae

Genus Methanococcus

Species Methanococcus maripaludis

Full scientific name Methanococcus maripaludis Jones et al. 1984

Synonyms (1)

Methanococcus deltae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methanococcus maripaludis** (5)	Type strain
6989	M. maripaludis JJ, DSM 2067, ATCC 43000, JCM 10722, NBRC ... (type strain)
6990	M. maripaludis Delta RC, DSM 2771, ATCC 35294
6991	M. maripaludis LL, S2, DSM 14266, JCM 13030, NBRC 101832
160836	M. maripaludis JCM 10011, NBRC 102114, OCM 209
160838	M. maripaludis JCM 10013, OCM 364

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67770	Marsh sediment, Roger's Marsh	Sapelo Island, GA	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Methanococcus deltae 16S ribosomal RNA, complete sequence	U38485	1415		39152

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	34.2	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	An extracellular [NiFe] hydrogenase mediating iron corrosion is encoded in a genetically unstable genomic island in Methanococcus maripaludis.	Tsurumaru H, Ito N, Mori K, Wakai S, Uchiyama T, Iino T, Hosoyama A, Ataku H, Nishijima K, Mise M, Shimizu A, Harada T, Horikawa H, Ichikawa N, Sekigawa T, Jinno K, Tanikawa S, Yamazaki J, Sasaki K, Yamazaki S, Fujita N, Harayama S.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-33541-5	2018

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Methanococcus maripaludis (OCM 363, JCM 10012)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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