Taxonogenomics description of Arcanobacterium urinimassiliense sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from urine sample

M Ben Khedher (1) , C I Lo (2) , K Diop (2) , A Morand (1) , N Armstrong (1, 2) , D Raoult (1, 2) , F Fenollar (3)

1 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
2 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

Strain Marseille-P3248 t is a new species from the order Actinomycetales that was isolated from the urine sample of a girl aged 20 months with rotavirus gastroenteritis. It is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. Strain Marseille-P3248 t exhibits 94.73% sequence similarity with Arcanobacterium pluranimalium strain M430/94/2, a phylogenetically related species with standing in nomenclature. Its genome size is 1 667 964 bp with 49.1% G + C content. Strain Marseille-P3248 t (= CSURP3248) is the type strain of the new species Arcanobacterium urinimassiliense sp. nov.

Keywords: arcanobacterium urinimassiliensesp. nov.; culturomics; microbiota; new bacterial species; taxonogenomics

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

M Ben Khedher, C I Lo, K Diop, A Morand, N Armstrong, et al.. Taxonogenomics description of Arcanobacterium urinimassiliense sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from urine sample. New Microbes and New Infections, 2021, 41, pp.100854. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100854⟩. ⟨hal-03245790⟩