Moorella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Moorella

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Moorella Collins et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Moorella, in honor of W.E.C. (Ed) Moore, an American bacteriologist, who worked with anaerobes.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Moorella glycerini Slobodkin et al. 1997, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JW/AS-Y6 = ATCC 700316 = DSM 11254.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U82327.
Etymology: Gr. adj. glukeros, sweet; N.L. n. glycerinum, glycerin or glycerol; N.L. gen. n. glycerini, of glycerol, referring to utilization of glycerol as a substrate.
Reference: SLOBODKIN (A.), REYSENBACH (A.L.), MAYER (F.) and WIEGEL (J.): Isolation and characterization of the homoacetogenic thermophilic bacterium Moorella glycerini sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 969-974.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Moorella humiferrea Nepomnyashchaya et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 64-FGQ = 64_FGQ = DSM 23265 = VKM B-2603.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ872425.
Etymology: L. 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.
Reference: NEPOMNYASHCHAYA (Y.N.), SLOBODKINA (G.B.), BASLEROV (R.V.), CHERNYH (N.A.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.), NETRUSOV (A.I.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Moorella mulderi Balk et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TMS = ATCC BAA-608 = DSM 14980.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF487538.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. mulderi, of Mulder, named after Eppe G. Mulder, a Deutch microbiologist and head of the Laboratory of Microbiology at the Wageningen Agricultural University between 1956 and 1981.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 101. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1-2. [BALK (M.), WEIJMA (J.), FRIEDRICH (M.W.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): Methanol utilization by a novel thermophilic homoacetogenic bacterium, Moorella mulderi sp. nov., isolated from a bioreactor. Arch. Microbiol., 2003, 179, 315-320.]
Validation List N° 101 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 35608 = DSM 521 = JCM 9319.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY656675.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium thermaceticum corrig. Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. fem. adj. acetica, pertaining to vinegar; N.L. fem. adj. thermacetica, producing acetic acid thermophilically.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Moorella thermoautotrophica (Wiegel et al. 1982) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JW 701/3 = ATCC 33924 = DSM 1974.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: L09168.
Basonym: ¤ Clostridium thermautotrophicum corrig. Wiegel et al. 1982.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. pron. autos, self; Gr. n. trophos, a feeder; N.L. fem. adj. thermautotrophica, self-feeding in heat, indicating that the organism grows at elevated temperatures and uses CO₂ as its principal carbon source for growth.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online