Anaerococcus jeddahensis sp. nov., a New Bacterial Species Isolated From Healthy Nomadic Bedouin Woman From Saudi Arabia

Curr Microbiol. 2018 Nov;75(11):1419-1428. doi: 10.1007/s00284-018-1538-5. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Abstract

An understanding of the microbial diversity of the human body has generated significant interest in recent years. With the advent of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, high-speed sequencing, and the rebirth of microbial culture, knowledge of human microbiota is growing. Using culturomics, a strategy to explore the microbial diversity of samples, coupled with a taxono-genomic strategy, we isolated a new bacterium named Anaerococcus jeddahensis sp. nov. strain SB3T. This strain was isolated from the stool sample of a healthy nomadic Bedouin woman from Saudi Arabia. Here, we describe the characteristics of this organism, and the complete genome sequence and annotation. Strain SB3T is a Gram-positive obligate anaerobic coccus which is non-motile and non-spore forming. Fatty acid analysis shows that the major fatty acid is by far hexadecanoic acid (C16:0; 52%). Its genome is 1,903,534 bp long and has 29.70 mol% of G+C content. It contains 1756 protein-coding genes and 53 RNA genes. These results show that strategy provides a better understanding of the microorganism and that is a good methodology for microbial identification and characterization.

MeSH terms

  • Base Composition
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Firmicutes / classification
  • Firmicutes / genetics
  • Firmicutes / isolation & purification*
  • Firmicutes / metabolism
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Saudi Arabia

Substances

  • Fatty Acids