Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (DSM 8766, ST22)

Name: Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (DSM 8766, ST22)
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BacDive ID 6992

Type strain

Strain Designation ST22

Culture col. no. DSM 8766 ST22

NCBI tax ID(s) 2186

Special Collections DSMZ

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Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus ST22 is an anaerobe, thermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from oil field water.

anaerobe thermophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48539

DSM 8766

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:28

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Methanococci

Order Methanococcales

Family Methanococcaceae

Genus Methanothermococcus

Species Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus

Full scientific name Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (Huber et al. 1984) Whitman 2002

Synonyms (1)

Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus** (1)	Type strain
7002	M. thermolithotrophicus SN-1, DSM 2095, ATCC 35097, JCM 10549, OCM ... (type strain)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
3378	METHANOCALDOCCUS LAUENSIS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141a)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOCALDOCCUS LAUENSIS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141a) Composition: MgCl2 x 6 H2O 3.94867 g/l Na-acetate 0.987167 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.493583 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.493583 g/l KCl 0.335637 g/l NH4Cl 0.246792 g/l K2HPO4 0.138203 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.029615 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148075 g/l NaCl 0.00987167 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00493583 g/l Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2 x 6 H2O 0.00197433 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0017769 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0017769 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000987167 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000987167 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000493583 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00029615 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000197433 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.87167e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.87167e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.87167e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.87167e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.93583e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.93583e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.93583e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.93583e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.93583e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.93583e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.97433e-05 g/l Biotin 1.97433e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.94867e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.9615e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.87167e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
3378	positive	growth	60	thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

3378

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Oil reservoir
#Environmental	#Aquatic	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
3378	oil field water	North Sea	Norway	NOR	Europe

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
3378	Methanococcus sp. strain DSM 8766 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	PX436180	1420		2690208

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#3378	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 8766
#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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