Libanicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human stool

M. Bilen; F. Cadoret; M. Richez; E. Tomei; Z. Daoud; D. Raoult; P.-E. Fournier

New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2018)

Libanicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human stool

M. Bilen,
F. Cadoret,
M. Richez,
E. Tomei,
Z. Daoud,
D. Raoult,
P.-E. Fournier

Affiliations

M. Bilen: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France; Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Amioun, Lebanon
F. Cadoret: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France
M. Richez: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France
E. Tomei: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France
Z. Daoud: Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Amioun, Lebanon
D. Raoult: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
P.-E. Fournier: Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Marseille, France; Corresponding author: P.E. Fournier, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée-infection, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 19–21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
pp. 63 – 71

Abstract

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Strain Marseille-P3237 was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 35-year-old Congolese pygmy female. This anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile coccus-shaped bacterium is a member of the order Coriobacteriales. It exhibits a 2 009 306-bp genome with a 65.46 mol% G+C content and is closely related to, but distinct from, members of the Olsenella genus. We propose the creation of the new genus Libanicoccus gen. nov. and of the new species Libanicoccus massiliensis sp. nov. Keywords: Culturomics, Genome, Libanicoccus massiliensis, Pygmy, Taxonogenomics

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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