Name: Methanobacterium congolense C
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 6946

Type strain:

Species: Methanobacterium congolense

Strain Designation: C

Culture col. no.: DSM 7095, NBRC 105227

Strain history: <- J.-L. Garcia, Université de Provence, Marseille, France; C <- N. Cuzin; {1989}

NCBI tax ID(s): 118062 (species)

SI-ID 48363

DSM 7095

Special Collections

DSMZ

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Methanobacterium congolense C is an anaerobe, mesophilic archaeon that was isolated from methanogenic digestor fed with cassava peel.

anaerobe
mesophilic
16S sequence
Archaea

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	09-12-2024 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	*Archaea*
	Phylum	*Methanobacteriota*
	Class	*Methanobacteria*
	Order	*Methanobacteriales*
	Family	*Methanobacteriaceae*
	Genus	*Methanobacterium*
	Species	**Methanobacterium congolense**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Methanobacterium congolense Cuzin et al. 2001

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Incubation period

2-3 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

METHANOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 119)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #2982]			growth	37 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	93.33	14 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	90	9 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine betaine biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	factor 420 biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	methanofuran biosynthesis	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	77.27	17 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	methanogenesis from CO2	75	9 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	73.53	25 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	71.11	32 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	63.83	60 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	60.71	17 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	58.82	10 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	57.14	4 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	55.56	5 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	55.56	5 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	52.63	20 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin E metabolism	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	50	21 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	48.39	15 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	48.28	14 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	46.67	7 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	46.15	12 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	44.74	17 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	43.75	7 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	mevalonate metabolism	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	41.67	5 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	41.38	12 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	gallate degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	37.36	34 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	35	7 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	3-phenylpropionate degradation	33.33	5 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	30.77	4 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	30.77	4 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	28.57	8 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	catecholamine biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #2982]	Sample type/isolated from	methanogenic digestor fed with cassava peel
[Ref.: #2982]	Country	Republic of the Congo
[Ref.: #2982]	Country ISO 3 Code	COG
[Ref.: #2982]	Continent	Africa
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Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Biodegradation	#Anaerobic digestor
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Fruit (Seed)

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #2982]	Methanobacterium congolense 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF233586	1453	GenBank ENA	118062 tax ID

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GC-content

40 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 7095, NBRC 105227

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SI-ID 48363

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Methanobacterium congolense sp. nov., from a methanogenic fermentation of cassava peel.	Cuzin N, Ouattara AS, Labat M, Garcia JL	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-2-489	2001	*

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 7095

#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 )

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Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )

#76408

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID48363.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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