Genus Moorella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Moorella Collins et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Moorella, in honor of W.E.C. (Ed) Moore, an American bacteriologist, who worked with anaerobes.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
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Moorella glycerini Slobodkin et al. 1997, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JW/AS-Y6 = ATCC 700316= DSM 11254.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U82327.
Etymology: Gr. adj. glukeros, sweet; N.L. n. glycerinum, glycerin or glycerol; N.L. gen. n. glycerini, of glycerol, referring to utilization of glycerol as a substrate.
Valid publication: SLOBODKIN (A.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), MAYER (F.) and WIEGEL (J.): Isolation and characterization of the homoacetogenic thermophilic bacterium Moorella glycerini sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 969-974.
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Moorella humiferrea Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 64-FGQ = 64_FGQ = DSM 23265 = VKM B-2603.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ872425.
Etymology: L. n. humus, soil, humus; L. adj. ferreus -a -um, made of or referring to iron; N.L. fem. adj. humiferrea, pertaining to humic substances and iron.
Valid publication: NEPOMNYASHCHAYA (Y.N.), SLOBODKINA (G.B.), BASLEROV (R.V.), CHERNYH (N.A.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.), NETRUSOV (A.I.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Moorella humiferrea sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium capable of growth via electron shuttling between humic acid and Fe(III). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 613-617.
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Moorella mulderi Balk et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TMS = ATCC BAA-608 = DSM 14980.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF487538.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. mulderi, of Mulder, named after Eppe G. Mulder, a Deutch microbiologist and head of the Laboratory of Microbiology at the Wageningen Agricultural University between 1956 and 1981.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 101. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1-2.
Effective publication: BALK (M.), WEIJMA (J.), FRIEDRICH (M.W.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): Methanol utilization by a novel thermophilic homoacetogenic bacterium, Moorella mulderi sp. nov., isolated from a bioreactor. Arch. Microbiol., 2003, 179, 315-320.
Validation List no. 101 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Moorella stamsii Alves et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E3-O=DSM 26271=CGMCC 1.5181.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HF563589.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. stamsii, of Stams, named after Alfons J. M. Stams, a Dutch microbiologist, in recognition of his contribution to the advancement of anaerobic microbial physiology.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: ALVES, J. I., VAN GELDER, A. H., ALVES, M. M., SOUSA, D. Z. and PLUGGE, C. M. 2013. Moorella stamsii sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph isolated from digester sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4072-4076.
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Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 35608= DSM 521 = JCM 9319.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY656675.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium thermaceticum corrig. Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. fem. adj. acetica, pertaining to vinegar; N.L. fem. adj. thermacetica, producing acetic acid thermophilically.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
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Moorella thermoautotrophica (Wiegel et al. 1982) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JW 701/3 = ATCC 33924= DSM 1974.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L09168.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium thermautotrophicum corrig. Wiegel et al. 1982.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. pron. autos, self; Gr. n. trophos, a feeder; N.L. fem. adj. thermautotrophica, self-feeding in heat, indicating that the organism grows at elevated temperatures and uses CO2 as its principal carbon source for growth.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
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