Methanogenium sp. (DSM 4555, OCM 60, 8508)

Name: Methanogenium sp. (DSM 4555, OCM 60, 8508)
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BacDive ID 7035

Type strain

Strain Designation 8508

Culture col. no. DSM 4555 OCM 60 8508

NCBI tax ID(s) 2196

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- D. R. Boone, Oregon Graduate Center, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; OCM 60 (Methanogenium sp.) <- Y. Liu; 8508

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8508 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from bean-curd digestor.

anaerobe Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47855

DSM 4555

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:33

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class "Methanomicrobia"

Order Methanomicrobiales

Family Methanomicrobiaceae

Genus Methanogenium

Full scientific name Methanogenium Romesser et al. 1981

Morphology

Colony morphology

1715

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1715	METHANOCULLEUS SP. MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141b)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOCULLEUS SP. MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141b) Composition: NaHCO3 4.89237 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 3.91389 g/l Yeast extract 1.95695 g/l Trypticase peptone 1.95695 g/l Na-acetate 0.978474 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.489237 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.489237 g/l KCl 0.332681 g/l NH4Cl 0.244618 g/l K2HPO4 0.136986 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0293542 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0146771 g/l NaCl 0.00978474 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00489237 g/l Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2 x 6 H2O 0.00195695 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00176125 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00176125 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.000978474 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000978474 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000489237 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000293542 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000195695 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.78474e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.78474e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.78474e-05 g/l H3BO3 9.78474e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.89237e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.89237e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.89237e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.95695e-05 g/l Biotin 1.95695e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.91389e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.93542e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.78474e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1715	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1715

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Food production	#Food
#Host	#Plants	#Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops)

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1715	bean-curd digestor	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#1715	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4555
#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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