Methanococcoides sp. (DSM 7059, OCM 152, HCM 6)

Name: Methanococcoides sp. (DSM 7059, OCM 152, HCM 6)
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BacDive ID 7059

Type strain

Strain Designation HCM 6

Culture col. no. DSM 7059 OCM 152 HCM 6

NCBI tax ID(s) 1966350

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- OCM; OCM 152 (Methanococcoides sp.) <- J. Boone; HCM 6 {1990}

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HCM 6 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from offshore oil well.

anaerobe 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48353

DSM 7059

@ref 20215

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

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Methanosarcinia

Order Methanosarcinales

Family Methanosarcinaceae

Genus Methanococcoides

Full scientific name Methanococcoides Sowers and Ferry 1985

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2965	METHANOCOCCOIDES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141c)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOCOCCOIDES MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 141c) Composition: NaHCO3 4.89237 g/l Trimethylammonium chloride 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 CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.000978474 g/l FeSO4 x 7 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 H3BO3 9.78474e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.78474e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.89237e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.89237e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.89237e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.89237e-05 g/l Biotin 1.95695e-05 g/l Folic acid 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)
2965	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

2965

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
2965	offshore oil well	New Mexico, Roswell	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
2965	Methanohalophilus sp. strain DSM 7059 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	PX459943	1426		1966352

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2965	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 7059
#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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