"Raoultibacter massiliensis" gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a Saudi Bedouin

S I Traore; M Yasir; E I Azhar; F Bibi; F Bittar; A A Jiman-Fatani; P-E Fournier; S Edouard

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.013

"Raoultibacter massiliensis" gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a Saudi Bedouin

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jul 5:14:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.013. eCollection 2016 Nov.

Authors

S I Traore¹, M Yasir², E I Azhar³, F Bibi², F Bittar¹, A A Jiman-Fatani⁴, P-E Fournier¹, S Edouard¹

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia.
³ Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia; Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

We propose the description of a new bacterial genus and new bacterial species, "Raoultibacter massiliensis," isolated from a faecal specimen of a 19-year-old healthy Saudi Bedouin.

Keywords: Culturomics; emerging bacteria; human gut microbiota; taxonomy; “Raoultibacter massiliensis”.