' Congobacterium massiliense' gen. nov. sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut of a pygmy (Baka) woman

M Bilen; F Cadoret; Z Daoud; P E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.005

' Congobacterium massiliense' gen. nov. sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut of a pygmy (Baka) woman

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Nov 15:15:63-64. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.005. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Authors

M Bilen¹, F Cadoret¹, Z Daoud², P E Fournier¹, D Raoult¹

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Amioun, Lebanon.

Abstract

We report the main characteristics of a new genus, 'Congobacterium,' and a new species, 'Congobacterium massiliense,' strain Marseille-P3295 (CSUR P3295), a new member in the order Coribacteriacea, which was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 50-year-old pygmy (Baka) woman.

Keywords: Culturomics; emerging bacteria; gut microbiota; human microbiota; ‘Congobacterium massiliense’.