Genome sequence and description of Clostridium niameyense sp. nov., isolated from a human with marasmus in Nigeria

S. Chabou (1, 2) , M. Tidjani Alou (1, 2) , S. Khelaifia (1, 2) , Jean-Christophe J.-C. Lagier (1, 2) , N. Labas (1, 2) , T. Cimmino (1, 2) , S. Diene (1, 2) , Didier Raoult (1, 2) , M. Rolain (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

Clostridium niameyense sp. nov. strain MT5 is the type strain of C. niameyense sp. nov., a new species within the genus Clostridia. C. niameyense is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacillus. The strain MT5 (= CSUR P1468 = DSMZ 100441), whose genome is described here, was isolated from a faecal sample collected from a patient with anorexia and marasmus living in Nigeria. The genome is 2 542 841 bp long with 27.44% G + C content and consists of six scaffolds.

Keywords: Clostridium niameyense; culturomics; genome marasmus and anorexia; taxonogenomics

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Genomics [q-bio.GN]

S. Chabou, M. Tidjani Alou, S. Khelaifia, Jean-Christophe J.-C. Lagier, N. Labas, et al.. Genome sequence and description of Clostridium niameyense sp. nov., isolated from a human with marasmus in Nigeria. New Microbes and New Infections, 2018, 24, pp.26-31. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2018.03.001⟩. ⟨hal-02101219⟩