Discovery of a new species within Bacillus genus in a stool sample from Gabon: "Bacillus massiliogabonensis" sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: The discovery of new bacteria from the human gut using a culturomics method is a novel field of increasing interest in microbiology. Here the main characteristics of "Bacillus massiliogabonensis" strain Marseille P2639, a new Gram-negative bacterium isolated from the stool sample of a healthy 16-year-old Gabonese boy, are reported.

SUBMITTER: Mourembou G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5094686 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature