Methanosarcina mazei (DSM 7058, OCM 61, Equi)

Name: Methanosarcina mazei (DSM 7058, OCM 61, Equi)
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BacDive ID 7104

Type strain

Strain Designation Equi

Culture col. no. DSM 7058 OCM 61 Equi

NCBI tax ID(s) 2209

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Methanosarcina mazei Equi is an anaerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from horse caecum.

anaerobe mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 48352

DSM 7058

@ref 20215

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Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Methanosarcinia

Order Methanosarcinales

Family Methanosarcinaceae

Genus Methanosarcina

Species Methanosarcina mazei

Full scientific name Methanosarcina mazei corrig. (Barker 1936) Mah and Kuhn 1984

Synonyms (4)

Methanosarcina frisia
Methanococcus frisius
Methanosarcina mazeii
Methanococcus mazei

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methanosarcina mazei** (13)	Type strain
7096	M. mazei S-6, DSM 2053, ATCC 43572, OCM 26, DSM 108209 (type strain)
7097	M. mazei Z-558, DSM 2244, OCM 92
7098	M. mazei MC3, DSM 2907, OCM 192
7099	M. mazei C16, DSM 3318, ATCC 43340, OCM 98
7100	M. mazei G1, DSM 3338, OCM 87
7101	M. mazei Gö1, DSM 3647, ATCC BAA-159, JCM 11833, ...
7102	M. mazei DSM 4556, ATCC 43573, OCM 34
7103	M. mazei T18, DSM 6300
7105	M. mazei Gö1, DSM 7222
7106	M. mazei TMA, DSM 9195, JCM 9314, NBRC 101201
7107	M. mazei SarPi, DSM 10132
24166	M. mazei O1M9701, DSM 27785, OCM 748
164152	M. mazei JCM 31898, VKM B-2370

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2964	METHANOSARCINA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 120)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOSARCINA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 120; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Trimethylamine-HCl 4.88281 g/l Na-acetate 2.44141 g/l NaCl 2.19727 g/l Casitone 1.95312 g/l Yeast extract 1.95312 g/l NaHCO3 1.95312 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.488281 g/l NH4Cl 0.488281 g/l K2HPO4 0.341797 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.292969 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.292969 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.244141 g/l KH2PO4 0.224609 g/l HCl 0.00244141 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00195312 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00146484 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000488281 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000185547 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 9.76563e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.76563e-05 g/l ZnCl2 6.83594e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.88281e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.88281e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.88281e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.88281e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.88281e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.88281e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3.51562e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2.34375e-05 g/l Biotin 1.95312e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.95312e-05 g/l H3BO3 5.85938e-06 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1.95313e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.76563e-07 g/l H2SO4 Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
2964	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

2964

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Mammals	#Equidae (Horse)
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Large intestine

Isolation

2964

Sample typehorse caecum

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2964	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2964	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 7058
#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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