Description of Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human rectum

S Belkacemi; C I Lo; S Khelaifia; D Raoult; P-E Fournier; F Fenollar

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100703

Description of Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human rectum

New Microbes New Infect. 2020 May 28:36:100703. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100703. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

S Belkacemi^{1

2}, C I Lo^{2

3}, S Khelaifia^{1

2}, D Raoult^{1

2}, P-E Fournier^{2

3}, F Fenollar^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France.
² IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
³ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France.

Abstract

Using a taxonogenomics method, we describe here a Gram-negative bacterium named Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., strain Marseille-P4334^T (= CSUR P4334) isolated from the rectum. Strain Marseille-P4334^T has a genome that measure 3.03 Mbp with 43.3 mol% G + C content.

Keywords: Culturomics; Human gut; Prevotella rectalissp. nov.; Rectum.