Methanothermococcus okinawensis
Taxonomy |
Class: Methanococci |
Order: Methanococcales |
Family: Methanococcaceae |
Genus: Methanothermococcus |
Temperature [°C] |
Temperature min.: 40 |
Temperature max.: 75 |
Temperature optimal min.: 60 |
Temperature optimal max.: 65 |
Alcalinity ↷ |
pH min.: 4.5 |
pH max.: 8.5 |
pH optimal min.: 6 |
pH optimal max.: 7 |
Salinity [mol ⋅ dm-3 NaCl] ↷ |
NaCl min.: 0.205339 |
NaCl max.: 1.64271 |
NaCl optimal min.: 0.342231 |
NaCl optimal max.: 0.855578 |
Growth rate ↷ |
Growth rate: 1.386 |
Doubling time [h]: 0.5 |
Morphology ↷ |
Motility: yes |
Shape: Irregular cocci |
Gram reaction: No data |
Cell surface structures (flagella, pili, fimbriae): present |
Cell dimensions [μm] ↷ |
Width min.: 1 |
Width max.: 1.5 |
Length min.: 1 |
Length max.: 1.5 |
Environment ↷ |
Volcanic |
Description: Sample from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney obtained from the hydrothermal field at Iheya Ridge in the Okinawa Trough, Japan (27° 47.220' N, 126° 53.900' E) at a depth of 972 m. |
Strain info ↷ |
Type strain: IH1 |
DSM: DSM-14208 |
ATTC: no data |
Other collections: JCM 11175 |
G+C content: 29.3 |
Substrate ↷ |
H2+CO2: Yes |
Formate: Yes |
Acetate: No |
Methanol: No |
Methylamin: no data |
Di-methylamin: no data |
Tri-methylamin: No |
CO: No data |
Ethanol: No |
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 |
H2+Methanol: No data |
Other: no data |