' Mobilibacterium massiliense' gen. nov. and ' Mobilibacterium timonense' sp. nov., identified in a human stool specimen

M Bilen; S Ndongo; F Cadoret; G Dubourg; Z Daoud; P-E Fournier; D Raoult

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.008

' Mobilibacterium massiliense' gen. nov. and ' Mobilibacterium timonense' sp. nov., identified in a human stool specimen

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Nov 15:15:61-62. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.008. eCollection 2017 Jan.

Authors

M Bilen¹, S Ndongo¹, F Cadoret¹, G Dubourg¹, Z Daoud², P-E Fournier¹, D Raoult¹

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
² Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Balamand, Amioun, Lebanon.

Abstract

This study presents the main characteristics of 'Mobilibacterium massiliense' strain P2510 (CSUR P2510) and 'Mobilibacterium timonense' strain P3194 (CSUR P3194), isolated from a stool sample of a patient at the Timone hospital and from a stool sample of a healthy 50-year-old pygmy (Baka) woman, respectively.

Keywords: Culturomics; emerging bacteria; gut microbiota; ‘Mobilibacterium massiliense’; ‘Mobilibacterium timonense’.