Moorella perchloratireducens

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Moorella perchloratireducens
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M. perchloratireducens
Binomial name
Moorella perchloratireducens
Balk et al. 2008[1]
Type strain
An10, ATCC BAA-1531, JCM 14829

Moorella perchloratireducens is a thermophilic, anaerobic, Gram-positive and endospore-forming bacterium from the genus Moorella, which has been isolated from an underground gas storage tank in Russia. One of the main characteristics of this microorganism is that it is able to completely reduce chlorate and perchlorate to chloride and oxygen.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Moorella perchloratireducens". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. ^ Balk, M.; van Gelder, T.; Weelink, S.A.; Stams, A.J.M. (2008). "(Per)chlorate Reduction by the Thermophilic Bacterium Moorella perchloratireducens sp. nov., Isolated from Underground Gas Storage". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74 (2): 403–409. doi:10.1128/AEM.01743-07. PMC 2223267. PMID 17981952.
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