"Bacillus mediterraneensis," a new bacterial species isolated from human gut microbiota

M T Alou; P-E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.006

"Bacillus mediterraneensis," a new bacterial species isolated from human gut microbiota

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 May 15:12:86-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.006. 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 present a brief description of "Bacillus mediterraneensis" strain Marseille-P2366(T) (= CSUR P2366 = DSM 102091), a new species isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of a healthy 13-month-old boy from Senegal.

Keywords: Bacillus mediterraneensis; culturomics; emerging bacterium; gut microbiota; taxonomy.