'Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis' sp. nov. a new bacterial species isolated from air samples in the urban environment of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

E. I. Azhar (1) , A. Papadioti (2, 3) , F. Bibi (4) , A. M. Ashshi (3) , Didier Raoult (2) , E. Angelakis (2)

1 King Abdulaziz University
2 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
3 Umm Al-Qura University
4 King Fahd Medical Research Center

We report here the main characteristics of 'Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis' strain 12M76\ₐir(T) (CSUR P1220), a new species of the Pseudomonas genus that was isolated from air samples in the city environment of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, during the pilgrim period of Hajj 2012.

Keywords: culturomics; new species; 'Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis' sp. nov.; Air isolates; Saudi Arabia

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology

E. I. Azhar, A. Papadioti, F. Bibi, A. M. Ashshi, Didier Raoult, et al.. 'Pseudomonas saudimassiliensis' sp. nov. a new bacterial species isolated from air samples in the urban environment of Makkah, Saudi Arabia.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 16, pp.43--44. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.021⟩. ⟨hal-01795925⟩