Methanohalophilus mahii Paterek and Smith
35705 ™
- Product category
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Archaea
- Product type
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Extremophile
- Strain designation
- SLP
- Type strain
- Yes
- Isolation source
- Lake sediment
- Geographical isolation
- United States; Utah
- Product format
- Freeze-dried
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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CharacterizationBiotechnology
- Preceptrol
- No
Characteristics
- Extremophile type
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HalophileMethanogenMethylotroph
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
3. If the medium is pink (see discussion about resazurin) add 0.1 ml of reducing agent (3% cysteine, stock solution) per each 10 ml of medium. Let the medium sit at room temperature for 30 minutes, until the resazurin becomes colorless, before inoculating.
4. Allow the frozen vial to thaw under anaerobic conditions. Once thawed, take a gassed 1.0 ml syringe tipped with 22-gauge needle and withdraw the entire contents of the thawed vial and immediately transfer it to a #2485 broth tube.
5. Plate 0.1 ml on a non-selective medium to check for aerobic and anaerobic contamination.
6. Incubate tubes and one plate under an anaerobic atmosphere at 37oC. Incubate non-selective plate aerobically at 37oC to check for purity.
7. In 72 to 96 hours, growth should be evident by light turbidity in the broth. No growth should occur on the non-selective plate incubated aerobically or anaerobically. No growth should occur on blood agar plates.
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 to 2 atm. 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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Within 96 hours of incubation, there should be turbidity in the broth. Cell morphology is irregular coccoid cells with no motility. This organism can utilize 20 mM of trimethylamine as a secondary substrate, which would promote growth.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.
History
- Deposited as
- Methanohalophilus mahii Paterek and Smith
- Depositors
- JR Paterek
- Type of isolate
- Environmental
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
Paterek JR, Smith PH. Isolaton and characterization of a halophilic methanogen from Great Salt Lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 50: 877-881, 1985.
Paterek JR, Smith PH. Methanohalophilus mahii gen. nov., sp. nov., a methylotrophic halophilic methanogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38: 122-123, 1988.
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