"Africanella massiliensis," a new bacterial genus isolated from human gut microbiota

M T Alou; P-E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.008

"Africanella massiliensis," a new bacterial genus isolated from human gut microbiota

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 15:12:99-100. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.008. eCollection 2016 Jul.

Authors

M T Alou¹, P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult²

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, 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 report the main characteristics of "Africanella massiliensis" strain Marseille-P2538 (= CSUR P2538), isolated from the gut microbiota of a healthy 44-month-old girl from Niger.

Keywords: Africanella massiliensis; culturomics; emerging bacteria; gut microbiota; taxonomy.