'Congobacterium massiliense' gen. nov. sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut of a pygmy (Baka) woman.

M. Bilen (1) , F. Cadoret (1) , Z. Daoud (2) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1) , Didier Raoult (1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 UOB - University of Balamand [Liban]

We report the main characteristics of a new genus, 'Congobacterium,' and a new species, 'Congobacterium massiliense,' strain Marseille-P3295 (CSUR P3295), a new member in the order Coribacteriacea, which was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 50-year-old pygmy (Baka) woman.

Keywords: Culturomics; emerging bacteria; human microbiota; gut microbiota; 'Congobacterium massiliense'

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

M. Bilen, F. Cadoret, Z. Daoud, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult. 'Congobacterium massiliense' gen. nov. sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the gut of a pygmy (Baka) woman.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 15, pp.63--64. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.005⟩. ⟨hal-01795937⟩