"Emergencia timonensis," a new bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy patient

S Bessis; S Ndongo; J-C Lagier; P-E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.001

"Emergencia timonensis," a new bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy patient

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 6:12:73-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.001. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Authors

S Bessis¹, S Ndongo¹, J-C Lagier¹, P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult²

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

We present the essential characteristics of "Emergencia timonensis" strain SN18 (= CSUR P2260), a new member of the order Clostridiales that was isolated from the stool of healthy patient.

Keywords: Culturomics; Emergencia timonensis; emerging bacteria; gut microbiota; human microbiome.