Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 3722, Z-281)

Name: Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 3722, Z-281)
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BacDive ID 6926

Type strain

Strain Designation Z-281

Culture col. no. DSM 3722 Z-281

NCBI tax ID(s) 2162

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- T.N. Zhilina, Z-281

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Methanobacterium formicicum Z-281 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from mud.

anaerobe Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47751

DSM 3722

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:31

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
6925	M. formicicum JF-1, DSM 2639, OCM 105
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
1398	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)
1398	positive	growth	35

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1398

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Continent
1398	mud	Neman river	USSR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1398	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1398	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3722
#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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