Name: Moorella humiferrea Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012
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
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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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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Record number: 789733