'Corynebacterium fournierii,' a new bacterial species isolated from the vaginal sample of a patient with bacterial vaginosis.

K. Diop (1) , F. Bretelle (1) , Didier Raoult (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

Here we describe briefly 'Corynebacterium fournierii' strain Marseille P2948 (= CSUR P2948 = DSM103271), a new bacterium that was isolated from the vaginal sample of a 21-year-old woman with bacterial vaginosis.

Keywords: Bacterial vaginosis; vaginal microbiota; 'Corynebacterium fournierii'; taxonomy; culturomics

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

K. Diop, F. Bretelle, Didier Raoult, F. Fenollar. 'Corynebacterium fournierii,' a new bacterial species isolated from the vaginal sample of a patient with bacterial vaginosis.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 18, pp.6--7. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2017.03.005⟩. ⟨hal-01795949⟩