Colibacter massiliensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel Gram-stain-positive anaerobic diplococcal bacterium, isolated from the human left colon.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiota is considered to play a key role in human health. As a consequence, deciphering its microbial diversity is mandatory. A polyphasic taxonogenomic strategy based on the combination of phenotypic and genomic analyses was used to characterize a new bacterium, strain Marseille-P2911. This strain was isolated from a left colon sample of a 60-year old man who underwent a colonoscopy for an etiological investigation of iron-deficiency anemia in Marseille, France. On the basis of 16S rRNA sequence comparison, the closest phylogenetic neighbor was Anaeroglobus geminatus (94.59% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) within the family Veillonellaceae. Cells were anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming, catalase/oxidase negative cocci grouped in pairs. The bacterium was able t

SUBMITTER: Anani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868274 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature