Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Prevotella phocaeensis sp. nov., a new anaerobic species isolated from human gut infected by Clostridium difficile.

P Afouda (1) , S Ndongo (1) , Saber Khelaifia (1, 2) , Noemie Labas (1) , Frederic Cadoret (2) , Fabrizio Di Pinto (2, 3) , Jeremy Delerce (1) , Didier Raoult (1, 2) , Matthieu Million (1, 2)

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

Prevotella phocaeensis sp. nov. strain SN19(T) (= DSM 103364) is a new species isolated from the gut microbiota of patient with colitis due to Clostridium difficile. Strain SN19(T) is Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, strictly anaerobic, nonmotile and non-endospore forming. The predominance fatty acid is hexadecanoic acid. Its 16S rRNA showed a 97.70% sequence identity with its phylogenetically closest species, Prevotella oralis. The genome is 2 922 117 bp long and contains 2486 predicted genes including 56 RNA genes.

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

P Afouda, S Ndongo, Saber Khelaifia, Noemie Labas, Frederic Cadoret, et al.. Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Prevotella phocaeensis sp. nov., a new anaerobic species isolated from human gut infected by Clostridium difficile. . New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 15, pp.117-127. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.013⟩. ⟨hal-01474400⟩