"Massiliomicrobiota timonensis," a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut

S Ndongo; S Khelaifia; P-E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.003

"Massiliomicrobiota timonensis," a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 17:13:25-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.003. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

S Ndongo¹, S Khelaifia¹, P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult²

Affiliations

¹ Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS (UMR 7278), IRD (198), INSERM (U1095), AMU (UM63), Marseille, France.
² Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS (UMR 7278), IRD (198), INSERM (U1095), AMU (UM63), Marseille, France; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

We report the main characteristics of a new bacterium, "Massiliomicrobiota timonensis" strain SN16 (= CSUR P2264), which was isolated from the stool of a 87-year-old patient.

Keywords: Culturomics; Massiliomicrobiota timonensis; emerging bacterium; gut microbiota; taxonomy.