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

A. Papadioti (1, 2) , E. I. Azhar (3) , F. Bibi (4) , A. Jiman-Fatani , S. M. Aboushoushah , M. Yasir , Didier Raoult (1) , E. Angelakis (1)

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

We report here the main characteristics of 'Arthrobacter saudimassiliensis' strain 11W110\ₐir(T) (CSUR P1223), a new species of the Arthrobacter 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; Air isolates; Saudi Arabia; 'Arthrobacter saudimassiliensis' sp. nov.

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

A. Papadioti, E. I. Azhar, F. Bibi, A. Jiman-Fatani, S. M. Aboushoushah, et al.. 'Arthrobacter 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.41--42. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.12.019⟩. ⟨hal-01795927⟩