Moorella thermoautotrophica explained

Moorella thermoautotrophica, previously known as Clostridium thermoautotrophicum, is a rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium belonging to the phylum Bacillota. It is thermophilic, strictly anaerobic and acetogenic, and was isolated from a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park USA.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Type strain of Moorella thermoautotrophica at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Collins. M. D.. Lawson. P. A.. Willems. A.. Cordoba. J. J.. Fernandez-Garayzabal. J.. Garcia. P.. Cai. J.. Hippe. H.. Farrow. J. A. E.. The Phylogeny of the Genus Clostridium: Proposal of Five New Genera and Eleven New Species Combinations. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 44. 4. 1994. 812–826. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-44-4-812. 7981107. free.
2. Wiegel. J.. Braun. M.. Gottschalk. G.. Clostridium thermoautotrophicum species novum, a thermophile producing acetate from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Current Microbiology. 5. 4. 1981. 255–260. 0343-8651. 10.1007/BF01571158.