Name: Moorellales Lv et al. 2020

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: Moo.rel.la’les. N.L. fem. dim. n. Moorella, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Moorellales, the order of the genus Moorella

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: moo-rel-LA-les, feminine

Type genus: Moorella Collins et al. 1994

Valid publication: Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfitibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfitibacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Neomoorellales Gtari and Ventura 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hsu et al. (2024) assigned this order to the class Clostridia Rainey 2010. Publication: Hsu D, Flynn JR, Schuler CJ, Santelli CM, Toner BM, Bond DR, Gralnick JA. Isolation and genomic analysis of "Metallumcola ferriviriculae" MK1, a Gram-positive, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from the Soudan Underground Mine, an iron-rich Martian analog site. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0004424. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Lv et al. (2020) assigned this order to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Lv et al. (2020) assigned the family Moorellaceae Lv et al. 2020 to this order. Publication: Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Lv et al. (2020) assigned the family Zhaonellaceae Lv et al. 2020 to this order. Publication: Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳
  • 🧒 Lv et al. (2020) assigned the genus Moorella Collins et al. 1994 to this order. Publication: Lv XM, Yang M, Dai LR, Tu B, Chang C, Huang Y, Deng Y, Lawson PA, Zhang H, Cheng L, et al. Zhaonella formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic formate-utilizing bacterium isolated from Shengli oilfield, and proposal of four novel families and Moorellales ord. nov. in the phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3361-3373. 🇨🇳

Parent taxon: Clostridia Rainey 2010

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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