Gemella massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human sputum.

ABSTRACT: Thanks to its ability to isolate previously uncultured bacterial species, culturomics has dynamized the study of the human microbiota. A new bacterial species, Gemella massiliensis Marseille-P3249^T, was isolated from a sputum sample of a healthy French man. Strain Marseille-P3249^T is a facultative anaerobe, catalase-negative, Gram positive, coccus, and unable to sporulate. The major fatty acids were C_16:0 (34%), C_18:1n9 (28%), C_18:0 (15%) and C_18:2n6 (13%). Its 16S rRNA sequence exhibits a 98.3% sequence similarity with Gemella bergeri strain 617-93^T, its phylogenetically closest species with standing in nomenclature. Its digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) and OrthoANI values with G. bergeri of only 59.7 ± 5.6%

SUBMITTER: Mbogning Fonkou MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature