Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 3636, MS1)

Name: Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 3636, MS1)
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BacDive ID 6927

Type strain

Strain Designation MS1

Culture col. no. DSM 3636 MS1

NCBI tax ID(s) 2162

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- G.D. Vogels, MS1

Links

Methanobacterium formicicum MS1 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from from ciliate Metopus striatus.

anaerobe 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47735

DSM 3636

@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
6925	M. formicicum JF-1, DSM 2639, OCM 105
6926	M. formicicum Z-281, DSM 3722
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
1426	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
1426	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)
1426	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1426

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Host	#Protozoa

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1426	from ciliate Metopus striatus	Metopus striatus	Netherlands	NLD	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1426	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	M.formicicum (DSM 3636) DNA for 16S ribosomal RNA (partial)	Z29436	965		2162

GC content

1426

GC-content (mol%)38.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1426	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3636
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#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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