Description of Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human rectum

S. Belkacemi (1) , C.I. I Lo (2) , S. Khelaifia (1) , D. Raoult (1) , P.-E. Fournier (2) , F. Fenollar (2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

Using a taxonogenomics method, we describe here a Gram-negative bacterium named Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., strain Marseille-P4334 T (= CSUR P4334) isolated from the rectum. Strain Marseille-P4334 T has a genome that measure 3.03 Mbp with 43.3 mol% G + C content.

Keywords: Culturomics; Human gut; Prevotella rectalissp. nov.; Rectum

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S. Belkacemi, C.I. I Lo, S. Khelaifia, D. Raoult, P.-E. Fournier, et al.. Description of Prevotella rectalis sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human rectum. New Microbes and New Infections, 2020, 36, pp.100703. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100703⟩. ⟨hal-03142058⟩