'Bacillus massiliglaciei', a new bacterial species isolated from Siberian permafrost.

P Afouda (1) , Gregory Dubourg (1, 2) , Frederic Cadoret (2) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

We describe here the main characteristics of a new species isolated from Siberian permafrost dated around 10 million years. This species was named 'Bacillus massiliglaciei' strain Marseille-P2600(T) (= CSUR P2600 = DSM 102861).

Domains: Bacteriology; Virology; Parasitology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Emerging diseases; Infectious diseases

P Afouda, Gregory Dubourg, Frederic Cadoret, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult. 'Bacillus massiliglaciei', a new bacterial species isolated from Siberian permafrost. . New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 15, pp.92-93. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.020⟩. ⟨hal-01474367⟩