Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman and Barker
35089 ™
- Product category
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Archaea
- Product type
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Extremophile
- Strain designation
- DSM 1224 [SB]
- Type strain
- Yes
- Genome sequenced strain
- Yes
- Isolation source
- Black mud
- Geographical isolation
- United States; California
- Product format
- Frozen
Documentation
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ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.
Detailed product information
General
- Specific applications
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Biotechnology
- Preceptrol
- No
Characteristics
- Extremophile type
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Methanogen
- Comments
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Genome sequenced strain
Handling information
- Medium
- Temperature
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37°C
- Atmosphere
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80% H2, 20% CO2
- Handling procedure
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1. Sterilize the top of the Balch tube by spraying it with 70% ethanol and then flaming the top.
2. If needed, exchange the gas in the test tube for 80% H2-20% CO2, do not pressurize above 5 psi. If the tube is over pressurized, it will be difficult to inoculate.
3. If the medium is pink (see discussion about resazurin), add 2.0 ml of reducing agent (3% cysteine, stock solution) per 100 ml of medium. Let the medium sit at room temperature for 30 minutes (or until the resazurin becomes colorless) before inoculating.
4. Open the frozen vial and immediately place the vial under a stream of sterile anaerobic gas, to maintain anaerobic conditions. Wait for vial contents to thaw.
5. Using an anaerobic syringe (see d below), withdraw the cell suspension from the vial and transfer it to the primary Balch tube. Plate 0.1 ml of the inoculated culture onto a non-selective medium and incubate aerobically at 37oC. Additional tubes can be inoculated by transferring 0.5 ml of the primary tube to secondary tube(s). Again, use good anaerobic technique. Once inoculated the Balch tubes should be pressurized up to 20 psi with 80% H2-20% CO2.
6. Growth should be detected in the broth within 48-72 hours. No growth should be detected on the aerobic plate or broth.
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS:
a. Balch tubes (available from Bellco Glass, Vineland, NJ; are specially designed for anaerobic work and use an aluminum crimp cap to hold a rubber stopper in place. Needles can easily be inserted through the stopper, and the tubes can be pressurized up to 20 psi. Alternatively, serum vials may be used, or screw cap tubes with butyl rubber stoppers, in the latter case the stopper may be removed and the tube placed under a cannula system that dispenses sterile, oxygen free gas for addition of reducing agents or inoculation.
b. Resazurin is a commonly used redox indicator that is pink when the redox potential is above 50 mv, and colorless when the redox potential is below 110 mv. i.e. highly reducing. Most strict anaerobes require this low redox potential for optimum growth.
c. To obtain a fully reduced medium, it is necessary that the medium be anoxic and that a reducing agent be added. Common reducing agents are sodium sulfide, cysteine, dithiothreitol, and titanium citrate.
- Handling notes
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Growth may take up to one week when the frozen culture is initially inoculated into fresh medium. The broth culture appears as a smooth pellicle and growth throughout the tube.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.
History
- Deposited as
- Methanococcus vannielii Stadtman and Barker
- Depositors
- DSM
- Chain of custody
- ATCC <-- DSM <-- T.C. Stadtman SB
- Type of isolate
- Environmental
- Cross references
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GenBank CP000742 Methanococcus vannielii SB, complete genome
Legal disclaimers
- Intended use
- This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for any animal or human therapeutic use, any human or animal consumption, or any diagnostic use.
- Warranty
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- Disclaimers
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Permits & Restrictions
Import Permit for the State of Hawaii
If shipping to the U.S. state of Hawaii, you must provide either an import permit or documentation stating that an import permit is not required. We cannot ship this item until we receive this documentation. Contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), Plant Industry Division, Plant Quarantine Branch to determine if an import permit is required.
Frequently Asked Questions
References
Curated Citations
Stadtman TC, Barker HA. Studies on the methane fermentation. X. A new formate-decomposing bacterium, Methanococcus vannielii. J. Bacteriol. 62: 269-280, 1951. PubMed: 14888644
Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 30: 225-420, 1980.
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