Description of 'Blautia phocaeensis' sp. nov. and 'Lachnoclostridium edouardi' sp. nov., isolated from healthy fresh stools of Saudi Arabia Bedouins by culturomics.

S. I. Traore (1) , E. I. Azhar (2) , M. Yasir , F. Bibi (3) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (1) , A. A. Jiman-Fatani , J. Delerce (1) , F. Cadoret (1) , J.-C. Lagier (4) , Didier Raoult (1)

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

We report here the main characteristics of 'Blautia phocaeensis' strain Marseille-P3441 sp. nov. and 'Lachnoclostridium edouardi' strain Marseille-P3397 sp. nov., that were isolated from a faecal specimen of a 42-year-old female Saudi Bedouin. We used a bacterial culturomics approach combined with taxono-genomics.

Keywords: gut microbiota; taxono-genomics; new species; 'Blautia phocaeensis'; 'Lachnoclostridium edouardi'

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

S. I. Traore, E. I. Azhar, M. Yasir, F. Bibi, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, et al.. Description of 'Blautia phocaeensis' sp. nov. and 'Lachnoclostridium edouardi' sp. nov., isolated from healthy fresh stools of Saudi Arabia Bedouins by culturomics.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 19, pp.129--131. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.017⟩. ⟨hal-01795962⟩