'Bacteroides cutis,' a new bacterial species isolated from human skin

S Belkacemi; N Cassir; J Delerce; F Cadoret; B La Scola

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.007

'Bacteroides cutis,' a new bacterial species isolated from human skin

New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Dec 29:22:17-18. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.007. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Authors

S Belkacemi¹, N Cassir¹, J Delerce¹, F Cadoret¹, B La Scola¹

Affiliation

¹ Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS (UMR 7278), IRD (198), INSERM (U1095), AMU (UM63), Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

Abstract

We report the main characteristics of 'Bacteroides cutis' sp. nov., strain Marseille-P4118^T (= CSUR P4118), a new species within the genus Bacteroides. This strain was isolated from a skin sample of a 75-year-old man from Marseille.

Keywords: Bacteroides cutis; culturomics; intensive care unit patient; skin microbiota; taxonogenomics.