Name:

Methanobacterium formicicum Schnellen 1947 emend. Judicial Commission 1992

DSM No.:

1535, Neotype strain

Strain designation:

MF

Other collection no.

or WDCM no.:

ATCC 33274, JCM 10132, OCM 55 (historical number)

Isolated from:

anaerobic sewage sludge digester

Country:

United States of America

Illinois, Urbana

Date of sampling:

before 1967

Nagoya Protocol Restrictions:

There are NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain.

History:

<- R. S. Wolfe and W. E. Balch, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA; MF <- M. P. Bryant {1966}

Genbank accession numbers:

16S rRNA gene: AF169245

Cultivation conditions:

Medium 119 , anaerobic, 37°C

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

-  Medium 141

-  Medium 320

-  Medium 1310

or

Medium 1523 , anaerobic, 37°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:

<- R. S. Wolfe and W. E. Balch, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA; MF <- M. P. Bryant {1966}. Anaerobic sewage sludge digester; USA, Illinois, Urbana (3538). Neotype strain. Taxonomy/description (1300, 1682). Sequence accession no. 16S rRNA gene: AF169245. Neotype strain (3537). Cell wall (1716). Sensitive to antibiotics (1604). (Medium 119 or Medium 1523, 37°C, anaerobic).

For detailed information:

Literature:

1300, 1604, 1682, 1716, 3537, 3538

Risk group:

1 (classification according to German TRBA)

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