New Microbes and New Infections (May 2019)

Anaerotruncus massiliensis sp. nov., a succinate-producing bacterium isolated from human stool from an obese patient after bariatric surgery

  • A.H. Togo,
  • A. Diop,
  • G. Dubourg,
  • S. Khelaifia,
  • M. Richez,
  • N. Armstrong,
  • M. Maraninchi,
  • P.-E. Fournier,
  • D. Raoult,
  • M. Million

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29

Abstract

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A new bacterium, strain AT3T, was isolated by microbial culturomics from a faecal sample from a Frenchman after bariatric surgery. The isolate exhibited 96.6% 16S ribosomal RNA gene nucleotide sequence similarity with Anaerotruncus colihominis strain WAL 14565T = CCUG 45055T = CIP 107754T. Phenotypic and genomic characteristics showed that the new strain represents a novel species, for which the name Anaerotruncus massiliensis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is strain AT3T = CSUR P2007T = DSM 100567T. Keywords: Anaerotruncus, human gut microbiome, microbial culturomics, obesity, taxonogenomics