Moorella (bacterium)
genus of bacteria
Moorella is a genus of bacteria belonging to the phylum Bacillota.
These bacteria are thermophilic, anaerobic and endospore-forming and many species of this genus have been isolated from hot springs.
Some of these species were formerly included within the genus Clostridium, but after a taxonomic rearrangement of the class Clostridia, a phylogenetically distinct genus was identified, which was named Moorella in honor of the American microbiologist W.E.C. Moore.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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