Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 10111, FCam)

Name: Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 10111, FCam)
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BacDive ID 6931

Type strain

Strain Designation FCam

Culture col. no. DSM 10111 FCam

NCBI tax ID(s) 2162

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- J.-L. Garcia; FCam <- C. Joulian {1995}

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Methanobacterium formicicum FCam is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from ricefield soil.

anaerobe 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48750

DSM 10111

@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
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
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
3802	METHANOBACTERIUM II MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 825a)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOBACTERIUM II MEDIUM (N2/CO2) (DSMZ Medium 825a; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Methanol 7.7571 g/l NaHCO3 3.91773 g/l Na-formate 2.9383 g/l NH4Cl 0.979432 g/l Yeast extract 0.979432 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.489716 g/l Na-acetate 0.489716 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.489716 g/l K2HPO4 0.29383 g/l KH2PO4 0.29383 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.195886 g/l KCl 0.0979432 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.029383 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0146915 g/l NaCl 0.00979432 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00489716 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00176298 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00176298 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000979432 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000979432 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000489716 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00029383 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000195886 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.79432e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.79432e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.79432e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.79432e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.89716e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.89716e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.89716e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.89716e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.89716e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.89716e-05 g/l Biotin 1.95886e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.95886e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.91773e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.9383e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.79432e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
3802	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

3802

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Field
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3802	ricefield soil	Camargue	France	FRA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
3802	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Methanobacterium formicicum strain FCam 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	AF028689	1477		2162

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#3802	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 10111
#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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