New Microbes and New Infections (Mar 2021)

Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut microbiota

  • S. Naud,
  • S. Bellali,
  • H. Anani,
  • C.I. Lo,
  • A. Yacouba,
  • M. Tidjani Alou,
  • N. Armstrong,
  • M. Bonvalet,
  • L. Zitvogel,
  • D. Raoult,
  • J.-C. Lagier

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40
p. 100850

Abstract

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An anaerobic facultative Gram-stain positive bacterium was isolated from human gut microbiota. Strain Marseille-P5551T was considered to be a new genus within the phylum Firmicutes, as it exhibits a 91.87% similarity level with Faecalicatena orotica (NR_117129.1), the phylogenetically closest related species. The draft genome size of strain Marseille-P5551T is 4 142 938 bp with 44.4% of G + C content. We hereby suggest the creation of Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., as a new bacterial genus.

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