Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 11051, FSol 1)

Name: Methanobacterium formicicum (DSM 11051, FSol 1)
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BacDive ID 6933

Type strain

Strain Designation FSol 1

Culture col. no. DSM 11051 FSol 1

NCBI tax ID(s) 2162

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- C. Joulian, Université de Provence, Marseille, France; FSol 1 <- C. Joulian {1996}

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Methanobacterium formicicum FSol 1 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from ricefield soil.

anaerobe Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 49006

DSM 11051

@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
6931	M. formicicum FCam, DSM 10111
6932	M. formicicum TiaH2, DSM 11049

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
4171	METHANOBACTERIUM II MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 825)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOBACTERIUM II MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 825) Composition: NaHCO3 3.95648 g/l NH4Cl 0.98912 g/l Yeast extract 0.98912 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.49456 g/l Na-acetate 0.49456 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.49456 g/l K2HPO4 0.296736 g/l KH2PO4 0.296736 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.197824 g/l KCl 0.098912 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0296736 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148368 g/l NaCl 0.0098912 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.0049456 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178042 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178042 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00098912 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00098912 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.00049456 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000296736 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000197824 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.8912e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.8912e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.8912e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.8912e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.9456e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.9456e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.9456e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.9456e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.97824e-05 g/l Biotin 1.97824e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.95648e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.96736e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.8912e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
4171	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

4171

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	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
4171	ricefield soil	Philippines	PHL	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
4171	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#4171	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 11051
#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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