Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 2639, OCM 105, JF-1)

Name: Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 2639, OCM 105, JF-1)
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BacDive ID 6925

Type strain

Strain Designation JF-1

Culture col. no. DSM 2639 OCM 105 JF-1

NCBI tax ID(s) 2162

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- J. G. Ferry, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, Blacksburg, V., USA; JF-1 <- J. G. Ferry; {1972}

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Methanobacterium formicicum JF-1 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from from methanogenic benzoate degrading consortium.

anaerobe Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47649

DSM 2639

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:21

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)

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methanobacterium formicicum** (10)	Type strain
6924	M. formicicum MF, DSM 1535, ATCC 33274, JCM 10132, OCM ... (type strain)
6923	M. formicicum DSM 1312
6926	M. formicicum Z-281, DSM 3722
6927	M. formicicum MS1, DSM 3636
6928	M. formicicum PP1, DSM 3637
6929	M. formicicum T1N, DSM 6298
6930	M. formicicum RF, DSM 6299
6931	M. formicicum FCam, DSM 10111
6932	M. formicicum TiaH2, DSM 11049
6933	M. formicicum FSol 1, DSM 11051

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1184	MODIFIED METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1523)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MODIFIED METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1523) Composition: Brain heart infusion 5.98802 g/l Proteose peptone 5.98802 g/l NaHCO3 3.99202 g/l Yeast extract 1.99601 g/l Na-formate 1.99601 g/l Na-acetate 0.998004 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.499002 g/l KH2PO4 0.499002 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.499002 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.399202 g/l NH4Cl 0.399202 g/l NaCl 0.399202 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0499002 g/l HCl 0.00249501 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00149701 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000499002 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.000299401 g/l Thiamine-HCl x 2 H2O 0.000199601 g/l Nicotinic acid 0.000199601 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000189621 g/l Calcium pantothenate 9.98004e-05 g/l Vitamin B12 9.98004e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.98004e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 7.98403e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.98603e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.59281e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.39521e-05 g/l D-(+)-biotin 1.99601e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.98802e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.99601e-06 g/l Distilled water
1184	METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 119)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	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	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1184	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1184

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Compound production

1184

Compoundformate dehydrogenase

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Environmental	#Microbial community

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1184	from methanogenic benzoate degrading consortium	Illinois, Urbana	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1184	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Enzymology	Locations of the hydrogenases of Methanobacterium formicicum after subcellular fractionation of cell extract.	Baron SF, Brown DP, Ferry JG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.169.8.3823-3825.1987	1987
	Effect of Monensin on Growth and Methanogenesis of Methanobacterium formicicum.	Dellinger CA, Ferry JG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.48.3.680-682.1984	1984
Enzymology	Effect of molybdenum and tungsten on synthesis and composition of formate dehydrogenase in Methanobacterium formicicum.	May HD, Patel PS, Ferry JG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.170.8.3384-3389.1988	1988
Enzymology	Purification and properties of the membrane-associated coenzyme F420-reducing hydrogenase from Methanobacterium formicicum.	Baron SF, Ferry JG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.171.7.3846-3853.1989	1989
Enzymology	Composition of the coenzyme F420-dependent formate dehydrogenase from Methanobacterium formicicum.	Schauer NL, Ferry JG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.165.2.405-411.1986	1986
	Group-specific 16S rRNA hybridization probes to describe natural communities of methanogens.	Raskin L, Stromley JM, Rittmann BE, Stahl DA.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.60.4.1232-1240.1994	1994
Metabolism	Methanobacterium formicicum, a mesophilic methanogen, contains three HFo histones.	Darcy TJ, Sandman K, Reeve JN	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.177.3.858-860.1995	1995
Metabolism	Metabolism of formate in Methanobacterium formicicum.	Schauer NL, Ferry JG	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.142.3.800-807.1980	1980
Phylogeny	Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligate parasitic bacterium and proposal of Minisyncoccaceae fam. nov., Minisyncoccales ord. nov., Minisyncoccia class. nov. and Minisyncoccota phyl. nov. formerly referred to as Candidatus Patescibacteria or candidate phyla radiation.	Nakajima M, Nakai R, Hirakata Y, Kubota K, Satoh H, Nobu MK, Narihiro T, Kuroda K.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006668	2025
Phylogeny	The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum.	de Bok FAM, Harmsen HJM, Plugge CM, de Vries MC, Akkermans ADL, de Vos WM, Stams AJM	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02880-0	2005

References

#1184	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2639
#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 )
#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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Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 2639, OCM 105, JF-1)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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