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Table 1 Physiology and traits of major M. thermoacetica strains

From: Thermophilic Moorella thermoacetica as a platform microorganism for C1 gas utilization: physiology, engineering, and applications

Organisms

Genome Size (Mbp)

Carbon sources

Optimal temperature (℃)

Productsa

References

HUC22-1

‒

H2/CO2, fructose

55

840 mM acetate, 15.4 mM ethanol

(Sakai et al. 2005, 2004)

ATCC 31490

Contig (2.61680)

H2/CO2, fructose, glucose

60

48.3 mM

(Redl et al. 2020; Schwartz Robert and Keller Jr Frederick 1980)

ATCC 33924

Contig (2.91484)

Xylose, CO, CO2

55

222 mM acetate

(Redl et al. 2020; Savage et al. 1987)

ATCC 39073

Complete (2.62878)

Xylose, fructose, glucose, H2/CO2, CO, pyruvate, formate, vanillate

55

933 mM acetate, 10 mM acetone

(Fröstl et al. 1996; Kato et al. 2021; Poehlein et al. 2015; Redl et al. 2020; Rosenbaum et al. 2021; Schaible 1997; Wang & Wang 1984)

ATCC 39073-HH

Complete (2.64566)

Sucrose, xylose, fructose, glucose, H2/CO2, methanol, pyruvate

55

 − 

(Redl et al. 2020)

ATCC 39289

 − 

Xylose, glucose, pyruvate, formate

55

750 mM acetate

(Keller Jr Frederick et al. 1983; Reed William 1984)

ATCC 49707

Contig (2.61685)

Glucose, fructose, xylose, H2/CO2

55

401.7 mM acetate

(Andreesen et al. 1973; Brumm Phillip and Datta 1985; Redl et al. 2020; Schaible 1997)

DSM 103132

Complete (2.97608)

Sucrose, arabinose, formate, fructose, glucose, H2/CO2, methanol, pyruvate,

60

 − 

(Redl et al. 2020)

DSM 103284

Complete (2.56038)

Xylose, fructose, glucose, H2/CO2, methanol, pyruvate, rhamnose, xylose

60

 − 

(Redl et al. 2020)

DSM 11768

Contig (2.85144)

Fructose

60

 − 

(Redl et al. 2020)

DSM 12797

Contig (2.74601)

H2/CO2, CO/CO2, lactate, formate, cellobiose, fructose, glucose

60

18.4 mM acetate, 13.7 mM succinate, 1.8 mM lactate, 8.6 mM ethanol, 2.4 mM formate

(Gößner et al. 1999; Redl et al. 2020)

DSM 12993

Contig (2.64895)

Fructose

60

 − 

(Redl et al. 2020)

DSM 2955

Complete (2.62335)

Xylose, fructose, glucose, H2/CO2, methanol, pyruvate, CO

60

 − 

(Bengelsdorf et al. 2015; Redl et al. 2020)

Y72

Scaffold (2.60381)

Xylose

60

 − 

(Tsukahara et al. 2014)

  1. −no available data
  2. aThe highest product levels reported for corresponding strains