Methanobacterium alcaliphilum
Taxonomy |
Class: Methanobacteria |
Order: Methanobacteriales |
Family: Methanobacteriaceae |
Genus: Methanobacterium |
Temperature [°C] |
Temperature min.: 25 |
Temperature max.: 45 |
Temperature optimal min.: 37 |
Temperature optimal max.: 37 |
Alcalinity ↷ |
pH min.: 7 |
pH max.: 9.9 |
pH optimal min.: 8.1 |
pH optimal max.: 9.1 |
Salinity [mol ⋅ dm-3 NaCl] ↷ |
NaCl min.: 0 |
NaCl max.: |
NaCl optimal min.: 0.012 |
NaCl optimal max.: 0.012 |
Growth rate ↷ |
Growth rate: 0.068 |
Doubling time [h]: 10.2 |
Morphology ↷ |
Motility: no |
Shape: Rod |
Gram reaction: negative |
Cell surface structures (flagella, pili, fimbriae): No data |
Cell dimensions [μm] ↷ |
Width min.: 0.5 |
Width max.: 0.6 |
Length min.: 2 |
Length max.: 25 |
Environment ↷ |
Water sediments |
Description: Sediment samples collected from four Egyptian lakes of the Wadi el Natrun. |
Strain info ↷ |
Type strain: WeN4 |
DSM: DSM-3387 |
ATTC: ATCC 43379 |
Other collections: NBRC 105226, OCM 11 |
G+C content: 57 |
Substrate ↷ |
H2+CO2: Yes |
Formate: No |
Acetate: No |
Methanol: No data |
Methylamin: no data |
Di-methylamin: no data |
Tri-methylamin: no data |
CO: No data |
Ethanol: no data |
1-propanol: no data |
1-butanol: No data |
2-butanol: No data |
2-propanol: No data |
Butanol: No data |
Cyclopentanol: no data |
Isobutanol: No data |
Dimethyl sulfide: no data |
H2+Methanol: No data |
Other: no data |