Methanothermus sociabilis (DSM 3496, JCM 10723, KF1-Fl)

Name: Methanothermus sociabilis (DSM 3496, JCM 10723, KF1-Fl)
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BacDive ID 7140

Type strain

Strain Designation KF1-Fl

Culture col. no. DSM 3496 JCM 10723 KF1-Fl OCM 173

NCBI tax ID(s) 2181

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History DSMZ <- K. O. Stetter, Univ. Regensburg, Germany; KF1-Fl <- G. Lauerer and K. O. Stetter; {1984} JCM <-- DSM 3496 <-- K. O. Stetter KF1-Fl.

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Methanothermus sociabilis KF1-Fl is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from solfataric mud hole.

anaerobe 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47726

DSM 3496,JCM 10723

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:34

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Methanobacteria

Order Methanobacteriales

Family Methanothermaceae

Genus Methanothermus

Species Methanothermus sociabilis

Full scientific name Methanothermus sociabilis Stetter 1986

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1338	METHANOTHERMUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 203)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: METHANOTHERMUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 203; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Na2SO4 3.36967 g/l Na2CO3 0.99108 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.49554 g/l L-Cysteine HCl x H2O 0.49554 g/l K2HPO4 0.222993 g/l KH2PO4 0.222993 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.222993 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0297324 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0148662 g/l NaCl 0.0099108 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.0049554 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178394 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00178394 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00099108 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00099108 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.00049554 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.000297324 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000198216 g/l H3BO3 9.9108e-05 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 9.9108e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 9.9108e-05 g/l Pyridoxine hydrochloride 9.9108e-05 g/l (DL)-alpha-Lipoic acid 4.9554e-05 g/l Nicotinic acid 4.9554e-05 g/l Riboflavin 4.9554e-05 g/l Thiamine HCl 4.9554e-05 g/l Calcium D-(+)-pantothenate 4.9554e-05 g/l p-Aminobenzoic acid 4.9554e-05 g/l Biotin 1.98216e-05 g/l Folic acid 1.98216e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 3.96432e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 2.97324e-06 g/l Vitamin B12 9.9108e-07 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
1338	positive	growth	88
67770	positive	growth	85

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

1338

Oxygen toleranceanaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Volcanic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1338	solfataric mud hole	Kerlingarfjöll	Iceland	ISL	Europe
67770	Solfataric waterhole	Kerlingarfjöll	Iceland	ISL	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence HE654004 (>99% sequence identity) for Methanothermus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	35
Soil Samples	2
Animal Samples	140
Plant Samples	0
Total Samples	177

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1338	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
1338	Methanothermus sociabilis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain DSM 3496T	HE654004	1469		2181
67770	Methanothermus sociabilis 16S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF095273	1429		2181

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
1338	33.0
67770	33	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	32.1	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
S-Layer proteins.	Sara M, Sleytr UB.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.4.859-868.2000	2000
S-layer nanoglycobiology of bacteria.	Messner P, Steiner K, Zarschler K, Schaffer C.	Carbohydr Res	10.1016/j.carres.2007.12.025	2008

References

#1338	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 3496
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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 .
#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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Methanothermus sociabilis (DSM 3496, JCM 10723, KF1-Fl)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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