Methanobacterium alcaliphilum WeN4 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from sediment.
anaerobe 16S sequence Archaea| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Archaea |
| Phylum Methanobacteriota |
| Class Methanobacteria |
| Order Methanobacteriales |
| Family Methanobacteriaceae |
| Genus Methanobacterium |
| Species Methanobacterium alcaliphilum |
| Full scientific name Methanobacterium alcaliphilum Worakit et al. 1986 |
| BacDive ID | Other strains from Methanobacterium alcaliphilum (3) | Type strain |
|---|---|---|
| 6900 | M. alcaliphilum WeN1, DSM 3457, ATCC 43376, OCM 8 | |
| 6901 | M. alcaliphilum WeN2, DSM 3458, ATCC 43377, OCM 9 | |
| 6902 | M. alcaliphilum WeN3, DSM 3459, ATCC 43378, OCM 10 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1372 | METHANOBACTERIUM ALCALIPHILUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 342) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: METHANOBACTERIUM ALCALIPHILUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 342) Composition: NaHCO3 9.88141 g/l Trypticase peptone 1.97628 g/l Yeast extract 1.97628 g/l NH4Cl 0.988145 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.494071 g/l Na2CO3 0.494071 g/l K2HPO4 0.395257 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0988145 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0296443 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148221 g/l NaCl 0.00988142 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00494071 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00177866 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00177866 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000988142 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000988142 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000494071 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000296443 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000197628 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.88142e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.88142e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.88142e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.95257e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.96443e-06 g/l Tris-HCl buffer Distilled water |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1372 | positive | growth | 37 |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolism | [NiFe]-hydrogenases are constitutively expressed in an enriched Methanobacterium sp. population during electromethanogenesis. | Perona-Vico E, Blasco-Gomez R, Colprim J, Puig S, Baneras L. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0215029 | 2019 |  |
| Isolation and Characterization of Beauveria caledonica (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) Strains for Biological Control of Odoiporus longicollis Oliver (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). | Ding M, Wu L, Yu H, Fan H, Guo Z, Xu S, Chun J, Wang Y, Zheng SJ. | Microorganisms | 10.3390/microorganisms13040782 | 2025 | | |
| Genetics | Kelpie: generating full-length 'amplicons' from whole-metagenome datasets. | Greenfield P, Tran-Dinh N, Midgley D. | PeerJ | 10.7717/peerj.6174 | 2019 | |
| Metabolism | Evidence of the generation of isosaccharinic acids and their subsequent degradation by local microbial consortia within hyper-alkaline contaminated soils, with relevance to intermediate level radioactive waste disposal. | Rout SP, Charles CJ, Garratt EJ, Laws AP, Gunn J, Humphreys PN. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0119164 | 2015 | |
| Metabolism | The enrichment of an alkaliphilic biofilm consortia capable of the anaerobic degradation of isosaccharinic acid from cellulosic materials incubated within an anthropogenic, hyperalkaline environment. | Charles CJ, Rout SP, Garratt EJ, Patel K, Laws AP, Humphreys PN. | FEMS Microbiol Ecol | 10.1093/femsec/fiv085 | 2015 | |
| Metabolism | Anoxic Biodegradation of Isosaccharinic Acids at Alkaline pH by Natural Microbial Communities. | Rout SP, Charles CJ, Doulgeris C, McCarthy AJ, Rooks DJ, Loughnane JP, Laws AP, Humphreys PN. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0137682 | 2015 | |
| Phylogeny | Methanobacterium movens sp. nov. and Methanobacterium flexile sp. nov., isolated from lake sediment. | Zhu J, Liu X, Dong X | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.027540-0 | 2011 | |
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