Name: Methanothrix soehngenii Opfikon
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 7045

Type strain:

Species: Methanothrix soehngenii

Strain Designation: Opfikon

Culture col. no.: DSM 2139

Strain history: <- B. Schink <- B.A. Huser, strain Opfikon (Methanothrix soehngenii)

NCBI tax ID(s): 2223 (species)

SI-ID 47549

DSM 2139, BCRC 16173, CCRC 16173

Other strains from Methanothrix soehngenii

M. soehngenii FE, DSM 3013
M. soehngenii MTKO, DSM 6752
M. soehngenii GP6, DSM 3671, JCM 10134, NBRC ...

Section

Methanothrix soehngenii Opfikon is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from anaerobic sewage sludge.

anaerobe
16S sequence
Archaea

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Archaea"
	Phylum	*Methanobacteriota*
	Class	"Methanomicrobia"
	Order	*Methanosarcinales*
	Family	*Methanotrichaceae*
	Genus	*Methanothrix*
	Species	**Methanothrix soehngenii**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Methanothrix soehngenii Huser et al. 1983

	Synonym	Methanosaeta concilii
	Synonym	Methanothrix concilii

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #974]

Incubation period

8-14 days

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #974]

Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #974]	Sample type/isolated from	anaerobic sewage sludge
[Ref.: #974]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Zürich
[Ref.: #974]	Country	Switzerland
[Ref.: #974]	Country ISO 3 Code	CHE
[Ref.: #974]	Continent	Europe
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Waste	#Sewage sludge
#Condition	#Anoxic (anaerobic)	-

What are isolation sources categories?

[Ref.: #69479]

Global distribution of 16S sequence X51423 (>99% sequence identity) for Methanothrix from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1947
Soil Samples	587
Animal Samples	42
Plant Samples	172
Total Samples	2748

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

[Ref.: #974]

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.: #974]	Methanothrix soehngenii DNA for a ribosomal RNA gene cluster	X51423	2416	ENA	2223 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	16S rRNA [Methanothrix soehngenii, Opfikon, DSM 2139, rRNA Partial, 194 nt, segment 2 of 3]	S42668	194	ENA	2223 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	16S rRNA [Methanothrix soehngenii, Opfikon, DSM 2139, rRNA Partial, 186 nt, segment 3 of 3]	S42673	186	ENA	2223 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #20218]	16S rRNA [Methanothrix soehngenii, Opfikon, DSM 2139, rRNA Partial, 159 nt, segment 1 of 3]	S42880	159	ENA	2223 tax ID	*

[Ref.: #974]	GC-content	52.3 mol%
[Ref.: #974]	GC-content	51.7 mol%

Availability in culture collections External links

[Ref.: #974]

Culture collection no.

DSM 2139

[Ref.: #76504]

SI-ID 47549

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Isolation and characteristics of methanosaeta in paddy field soils.	Mizukami S, Takeda K, Akada S, Fujita T	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.70.828	2006	*
Phylogeny	Characterization of three thermophilic strains of Methanothrix ("Methanosaeta") thermophila sp. nov. and rejection of Methanothrix ("Methanosaeta") thermoacetophila.	Kamagata Y, Kawasaki H, Oyaizu H, Nakamura K, Mikami E, Endo G, Koga Y, Yamasato K	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-42-3-463	1992	*
Metabolism	Direct characterization of methanogens in two high-rate anaerobic biological reactors.	Kobayashi HA, Conway de Macario E, Williams RS, Macario AJ	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.54.3.693-698.1988	1988	*
Phylogeny	Antigenic distinctiveness, heterogeneity, and relationships of Methanothrix spp.	Macario AJ, Conway de Macario E	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.169.9.4099-4103.1987	1987	*

References

#974	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2139

#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 )

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#76504

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-ID47549.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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