Methanofollis ethanolicus (NBRC 104120, DSM 21041, JCM 15103)

Name: Methanofollis ethanolicus (NBRC 104120, DSM 21041, JCM 15103)
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BacDive ID 161569

Type strain

Culture col. no. NBRC 104120 DSM 21041 JCM 15103

NCBI tax ID(s) 488124

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Methanofollis ethanolicus JCM 15103 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Lotus field mud in Nagaoka.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 400212

NBRC 104120,JCM 15103,DSM 21041

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:46

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class "Methanomicrobia"

Order Methanomicrobiales

Family Methanomicrobiaceae

Genus Methanofollis

Species Methanofollis ethanolicus

Full scientific name Methanofollis ethanolicus Imachi et al. 2009

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	93.7

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

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

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	anaerobe	99.7

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		97.7

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67770	Lotus field mud in Nagaoka	Niigata	Japan	JPN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB371073 (>99% sequence identity) for Methanofollis ethanolicus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	70
Soil Samples	30
Animal Samples	4
Plant Samples	14
Total Samples	118

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Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM157138v1 assembly for Methanofollis ethanolicus HASU	contig	GCA_001571385	488124.7	2684622607	488124	77.01

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Methanofollis ethanolicus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB371073	1396		488124

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	60.9	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Methanofollis ethanolicus JCM 15103
NCBI: GCA_001571385

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.70	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	61.90	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	93.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	99.70	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequences of Methanoculleus horonobensis Strain JCM 15517, Methanoculleus thermophilus Strain DSM 2373, and Methanofollis ethanolicus Strain JCM 15103, Hydrogenotrophic Methanogens Belonging to the Family Methanomicrobiaceae.	Narihiro T, Kusada H, Yoneda Y, Tamaki H	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00199-16	2016
Metabolism	Methanofollis ethanolicus sp. nov., an ethanol-utilizing methanogen isolated from a lotus field.	Imachi H, Sakai S, Nagai H, Yamaguchi T, Takai K	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.003731-0	2009

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;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Methanofollis ethanolicus (NBRC 104120, DSM 21041, JCM 15103)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_001571385

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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