'Urinacoccus massiliensis' gen. nov. sp. nov., identified in urine sample of a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care under general anaesthesia

A Morand; F Cornu; M Tsimaratos; F Cadoret; J-C Lagier; P E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.017

'Urinacoccus massiliensis' gen. nov. sp. nov., identified in urine sample of a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care under general anaesthesia

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Aug 4:14:36-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.07.017. eCollection 2016 Nov.

Authors

A Morand¹, F Cornu², M Tsimaratos², F Cadoret¹, J-C Lagier¹, P E Fournier¹, D Raoult¹

Affiliations

¹ Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS (UMR 7278), IRD (198), INSERM (U1095), AMU (UM63), Marseille, France; Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.
² Pédiatrie Multidisciplinaire-Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.

Abstract

We report here the main characteristics of 'Urinacoccus massiliensis' gen. nov. sp. nov., strain FC2 (CSURP1992). This strain was isolated from the urine of an asymptomatic 7-year-old boy.

Keywords: Culturomics; Urinacoccus massiliensis; genomics; taxonomy; urinary microbiome.