Moorella glycerini

Moorella glycerini
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M. glycerini
Binomial name
Moorella glycerini
Slobodkin et al. 1997
Type strain
ATCC 700316, DSM 11254, JW/AS-Y6

Moorella glycerini is a thermophilic, homoacetogenic, anaerobic and endospore-forming bacterium from the genus Moorella, which has been isolated from a hot spring from the Calcite Spring area from the Yellowstone National Park in the United States. This microorganism utilizes glycerol as a growth substrate and is considered Gram-positive type.