Name: Moorella sulfitireducens Slobodkina et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fi.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. n. sulfis -itis, sulfite; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back, and in chemistry converting to a lower oxidation state; N.L. fem. part. adj. sulfitireducens, reducing sulfite

Pronunciation, gender: sul-fi-ti-re-DU-kens, feminine

Type strain: DSM 111068; S LA38; VKM B-3584; VKM T B-3584

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16S rRNA gene: OP347087 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Slobodkina GB, Merkel AY, Kuchierskaya AA, Slobodkin AI. Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring. Extremophiles 2022; 26:33.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Neomoorella sulfitireducens (Slobodkina et al. 2023) Gtari and Ventura 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neomoorella sulfitireducens (Slobodkina et al. 2023) Gtari and Ventura 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Moorella Collins et al. 1994

Assigned by: Slobodkina GB, Merkel AY, Kuchierskaya AA, Slobodkin AI. Moorella sulfitireducens sp. nov., a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a terrestrial thermal spring. Extremophiles 2022; 26:33.

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Record number: 38812