Genome sequence and description of Clostridium niameyense sp. nov., isolated from a human with marasmus in Nigeria

S Chabou; M Tidjani Alou; S Khelaifia; J-C Lagier; N Labas; T Cimmino; S Diene; D Raoult; J-M Rolain

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2018.03.001

Genome sequence and description of Clostridium niameyense sp. nov., isolated from a human with marasmus in Nigeria

New Microbes New Infect. 2018 Mar 14:24:26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.03.001. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

S Chabou¹, M Tidjani Alou¹, S Khelaifia¹, J-C Lagier¹, N Labas¹, T Cimmino¹, S Diene¹, D Raoult¹, J-M Rolain¹

Affiliation

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.

Abstract

Clostridium niameyense sp. nov. strain MT5 is the type strain of C. niameyense sp. nov., a new species within the genus Clostridia. C. niameyense is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacillus. The strain MT5 (= CSUR P1468 = DSMZ 100441), whose genome is described here, was isolated from a faecal sample collected from a patient with anorexia and marasmus living in Nigeria. The genome is 2 542 841 bp long with 27.44% G + C content and consists of six scaffolds.

Keywords: Clostridium niameyense; culturomics; genome; marasmus and anorexia; taxonogenomics.