'Pygmaiobacter massiliensis' sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a Pygmy woman.

M Bilen (1) , Md Mbogning (2) , Frederic Cadoret (2) , Grégory Dubourg (1) , Z Daoud (3) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (2, 1) , Didier Raoult (2, 1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 UOB - University of Balamand [Liban]

This study supports the main characteristics of a new genus 'Pygmaiobacter' and a new species 'Pygmaiobacter massiliensis' strain Marseille-P3336 (CSUR P3336); that was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 47-year-old Pygmy woman. The Institut Fédératif de Recherche ethics committee, gave approval for this study under the number 09-022. Samples were collected for microbial content description as part of the human microbiome description by culturomics.

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M Bilen, Md Mbogning, Frederic Cadoret, Grégory Dubourg, Z Daoud, et al.. 'Pygmaiobacter massiliensis' sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut of a Pygmy woman. . New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 16:, pp.37-38. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.015⟩. ⟨hal-01475081⟩