Name:

Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus corrig. (Zeikus and Wolfe 1972) Wasserfallen et al. 2000

Synonym(s):

Methanobacterium thermalcaliphilum corrig. Blotevogel et al. 1988

Methanobacterium thermautotrophicum corrig. Zeikus and Wolfe 1972 emend. Touzel et al. 1992

Methanobacterium thermoalcaliphilum Blotevogel et al. 1988

Methanobacterium thermoalkaliphilum Blotevogel et al. 1988

Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Zeikus and Wolfe 1972

Methanobacterium thermoformicicum Zhilina and Ilarionov 1986

Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus Wasserfallen et al. 2000

DSM No.:

1053, Type strain

Strain designation:

Delta H, DeltaH

Other collection no. 

or WDCM no.:

ATCC 29096, JCM 10044, NBRC 100330

Isolated from:

sewage sludge

Country:

United States of America

Illinois, Urbana

Date of sampling:

before 05.04.1977

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions:

There are NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

History:

<- J. G. Zeikus, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA; DeltaH <- J. G. Zeikus {1971}

Genbank accession numbers:

complete genome: AE000666

Cultivation conditions:

Medium 119 , anaerobic, 65°C 

Medium/media recipe(s) required for preparing 119:

-  Medium 141

-  Medium 320

-  Medium 1310 

or

Medium 1523 , anaerobic, 65°C 

Medium/media recipe(s) required for preparing 1523:

-  Medium 320

-  Medium 503

Please follow special instructions: 'Cultivation of Anaerobes', 'Cultivation of Methanogens'

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Summary and 

additional information:

<- J. G. Zeikus, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA; DeltaH <- J. G. Zeikus {1971}. Sewage sludge; USA, Illinois, Urbana (2046, 2047). Type strain. Taxonomy/description (1300, 1682, 1687, 7619). Sequence accession no. complete genome: AE000666 (7412). Fine structure (2048). Cell wall (1684, 1716). Produces 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin (5305), coenzyme F420 (5305). Growth studies (1683). Sensitivity to antibiotics (1604). DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (1685). (Medium 119 or Medium 1523, 65°C, anaerobic).

For detailed information:

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Literature:

1300, 1604, 1682, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1687, 1716, 2046, 2047, 2048, 5305, 7412, 7619

Risk group:

1 (classification according to German TRBA)

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