1 Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM 63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
2 Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM 63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
We present the main features of 'Bacteroides ihuae' sp. nov., strain Marseille-P2824T (CSUR P2824), isolated from the sputum of healthy Frenchwoman living in Marseille.