Taxonogenomics and description of Vaginella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., strain Marseille P2517(T), a new bacterial genus isolated from the human vagina.

K. Diop (1) , F. Bretelle (1) , C. Michelle (1) , M. Richez , J. Rathored (1) , Didier Raoult (1) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1) , F. Fenollar (2, 1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 URPE - Unité des Rickettsies et pathogènes émergents

An obligate aerobic, Gram-negative, nonmotile and nonsporulating rod designated Marseille P2517 was isolated from the vaginal flora. We describe its features, annotate the genome and compare it to the closest species. The 16S rRNA analysis shows 93.03% sequence similarity with Weeksella virosa, the phylogenetically closest species. Its genome is 2 434 475 bp long and presents 38.16% G+C. On the basis of these data, it can be considered as a new genus in the Flavobacteriaceae family, for which we proposed the name Vaginella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is Marseille P2517(T).

Keywords: genome; Bacterial vaginosis; vaginal flora; Flavobacteriaceae; Vaginella massiliensis

Domains: Microbiology and Parasitology

K. Diop, F. Bretelle, C. Michelle, M. Richez, J. Rathored, et al.. Taxonogenomics and description of Vaginella massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., strain Marseille P2517(T), a new bacterial genus isolated from the human vagina.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 15, pp.94--103. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.11.006⟩. ⟨hal-01795938⟩