Name: Moorella humiferrea Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi.fer’re.a. L. fem. 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

Pronunciation, gender: hu-mi-FER-re-a, feminine

Type strain: 64_FGQ; DSM 23265; VKM B-2603

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16S rRNA gene: GQ872425 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nepomnyashchaya YN, Slobodkina GB, Baslerov RV, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Netrusov AI, Slobodkin AI. 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Neomoorella humiferrea (Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012) Gtari and Ventura 2025

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neomoorella humiferrea (Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012) Gtari and Ventura 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Moorella Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Nepomnyashchaya YN, Slobodkina GB, Baslerov RV, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Netrusov AI, Slobodkin AI. 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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