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Table 4 Predicted genome features and traits of archaeal strains included in this study

From: Genomics and prevalence of bacterial and archaeal isolates from biogas-producing microbiomes

Strain name

Features predicted

Methanobacterium formicicum MFT

Methanobacterium formicicum Mb9

Methanobacterium sp. Mb1

Methanobacterium congolense Buetzberg

Methanothermobacter wolfeii SIV6

Methanoculleus bourgensis MS2T

Methanoculleus chikugoensis L21-II-0

Methanogenesis-related hydrogenase genes encoded in the genome

eha, ehb, frh, mvh, hdr

eha, ehb, frh, mvh, hdr

eha, ehb, frh, mvh, hdr

eha, ehb, frh, mvh, hdr

eha, ehb, frh, mvh, hdr

ech, frh, mvh, hdr

ech, frh, mvh, hdr

Substrates used for methanogenesis

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

H2/CO2, F

Predicted metabolites required for growth

Acetate, cysteinea, vitamin Ba

Acetate

Acetate

Acetate, lactate

Acetate

Acetate, lactateb

Acetate, lactateb

  1. F, formate; H2, hydrogen; CO2, carbon dioxide
  2. aUtilization of cysteine and vitamin B by the strain MFT was described previously [50]
  3. bNo growth or methane production was detected on lactate for Methanoculleus species described previously [49, 82]