Christensenella timonensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut

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

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.010

Christensenella timonensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 21:13:32-3. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.010. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

S Ndongo¹, G Dubourg¹, S Khelaifia¹, P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult²

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, 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 propose a new species, Christensenella timonensis, strain Marseille-P2437(T) (CSUR P2437(T)), which was isolated from gut microbiota of a 66-year-old patient as a part of culturomics study. C. timonensis represents the second species isolated within the Christensenella genus.

Keywords: Christensenella timonensis; culturomics; emerging bacterium; gut microbiota; taxonomy.