Name: Neomoorella Gtari and Ventura 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ne.o.moo.rel’la. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. fem. dim. n. Moorella, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. dim. n. Neomoorella, a new Moorella

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Neomoorell-), ne-o-moo-REL-la

Type species: Neomoorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Gtari and Ventura 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gtari M, Ventura S. Proposal of Neomoorella gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6779. 🇹🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moorella Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Neomoorellaceae Gtari and Ventura 2025. Publication: Gtari M, Ventura S. Proposal of Neomoorella gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6779. 🇹🇳
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025. Publication: Gtari M, Ventura S. Proposal of Neomoorella gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6779. 🇹🇳
  • 🧕 Gtari and Ventura (2025) assigned this genus to the order Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025. Publication: Gtari M, Ventura S. Proposal of Neomoorella gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6779. 🇹🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Fontaine FE, Peterson WH, McCoy E, Johnson MJ, Ritter GJ. A New Type of Glucose Fermentation by Clostridium thermoaceticum. J Bacteriol 1942; 43:701-715.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wiegel J, Braun M, Gottschalk G. Clostridium thermoautotrophicum species nova, a thermophile producing acetate from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Curr. Microbiol. 1981; 5:255-260.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Collins MD, Lawson PA, Willems A, Cordoba JJ, Fernandez-Garayzabal J, Garcia P, Cai J, Hippe H, Farrow JA. The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:812-826. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; VKM: 3; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2; CGMCC: 1; CCOS: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neomoorella caeni (Santaella et al. 2023) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella carbonis Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella glycerini (Slobodkin et al. 1997) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella humiferrea (Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella mulderi (Balk et al. 2005) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella stamsii (Alves et al. 2013) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella sulfitireducens (Slobodkina et al. 2023) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neomoorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Gtari and Ventura 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Neomoorellaceae Gtari and Ventura 2025

Assigned by: Gtari M, Ventura S. Proposal of Neomoorella gen. nov. as a replacement name for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Moorella Collins et al. 1994. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6779. 🇹🇳

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