CULTURING AND DETECTION OF A METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON

摘要

The present invention relates to the culturing and detection of a novel methanogenic archaeon designated as Methanomassiliicoccus luminyensis, which has been isolated and cultured from human stool samples, including the 16S rDNA gene sequence of SEQ. ID. No. 1, as has been filed under no. DSM 24529 in the DSMZ collection (Germany), as well as to a method for culturing and detecting said archaeon by means of enzymatic amplification by PCR.