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Abstract

A methanogenic archaeon, strain HC-2, was isolated from a deep diatomaceous shale formation. The strain grew on methanol, monomethylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine and dimethylsulphide, but not on acetate, H/CO, formate, 2-propanol, 2-butanol or cyclopentanol. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, and coccus-like, 0.9–1.4 µm in diameter, and occurred singly, in pairs, or as aggregates. The strain grew at 10–40 °C (optimum 35 °C), pH 5.9–7.4 (optimum pH 6.6–6.8) and in 0–0.6 M NaCl (optimum 0.1–0.2 M). The genomic DNA G+C content was 41.5 mol% and the 16S rRNA gene sequence was closely related to those of DSM 13486 (99.1 %) and DSM 3028 (98.3 %). Values for DNA–DNA hybridization with these strains were less than 30 %. The phenotypic and phylogenetic features of HC-2 indicate that it represents a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HC-2 ( = DSM 22503 = JCM 15540 = NBRC 102578).

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  • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan
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