'Lactomassilus timonensis,' a new anaerobic bacterial species isolated from the milk of a healthy African mother.

A. H. Togo (1) , A. Camara (2) , S. Konate (2) , O. K. Doumbo (2) , Didier Raoult (3) , M. Million (3)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 USTTB - Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako
3 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections

We here report the main characteristics of a new anaerobic bacterial genus and species 'Lactomassilus timonensis,' strain Marseille-P4641(T) (CSUR = P4641), isolated by microbial culturomics from the milk of a 35-year-old healthy lactating mother from Mali.

Keywords: Human breast milk microbiota; Taxonomy; Lactomassilus timonensis

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

A. H. Togo, A. Camara, S. Konate, O. K. Doumbo, Didier Raoult, et al.. 'Lactomassilus timonensis,' a new anaerobic bacterial species isolated from the milk of a healthy African mother.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2018, 21, pp.122--124. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.004⟩. ⟨hal-01795917⟩