‘Pygmaiobacter massiliensis’ sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a Pygmy woman

Abstract

This study supports the main characteristics of a new genus ‘Pygmaiobacter’ and a new species ‘Pygmaiobacter massiliensis’ strain Marseille-P3336 (CSUR P3336); that was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 47-year-old Pygmy woman. The Institut Fédératif de Recherche ethics committee, gave approval for this study under the number 09-022. Samples were collected for microbial content description as part of the human microbiome description by culturomics.

Keywords

• Culturomics
• emerging bacteria
• gut microbiota
• human microbiota
• Pygmaiobacter massiliensis