'Bittarella massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated by culturomics from the gut of a healthy 28-year-old man.

G.A. Durand (1, 2) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2) , Sophie Edouard (1)

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

We report here the main features of the proposed new bacterial genus Bittarella. The type strain 'Bittarella massiliensis' GD6(T) (CSUR P2149) was isolated from a stool sample from a healthy French man.

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Parasitologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses

G.A. Durand, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult, Sophie Edouard. 'Bittarella massiliensis' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated by culturomics from the gut of a healthy 28-year-old man. . New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 16, pp.28-29. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.014⟩. ⟨hal-01475046⟩