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

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

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.014

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

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jul 5:13:102-3. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.014. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

S Ndongo¹, J-C Lagier¹, P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult², S Khelaifia¹

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 describe here the main characteristics of "Prevotellamassilia timonensis" gen. nov., sp. nov., strain Marseille-P2831(T) (CSUR P2831), a new member of the Prevotellaceae family that was isolated from stool samples from a 45-year-old patient.

Keywords: Culturomics; Prevotellamassilia timonensis; human gut; taxonogenomics; taxonomy.