‘Peptoniphilus pacaensis’ sp. nov., a new species isolated from human female genital tract

Abstract

We relate here the primary characteristics of ‘Peptoniphilus pacaensis’ strain KHD5 (= CSUR P2271), a new member of the Peptoniphilus genus. Strain KHD5 was isolated from a vaginal sample of a 33-year-old woman exhibiting a bacterial vaginosis.

Keywords

• Bacterial vaginosis
• culturomics
• human microbiota
• Peptoniphilus pacaensis
• vaginal flora