Draft genome and description of Microvirga mediterraneensis strain Marseille-Q2068T sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human healthy skin

M Boxberger (1) , M Ben Khedher (1, 2) , S Magnien (1, 2) , N Cassir (1, 2) , B La Scola (1)

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

In 2019, by culturing a skin swab from the forehead of a 70-yearold healthy woman via the culturomics method, we isolated the new bacterial strain Marseille-Q2068T (= CSUR-Q2068). Matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) failed to identify this isolate. Analysis of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene and genome-togenome comparison suggested that this taxon belongs to a novel bacterial species within the family Methylobacteriaceae in the phylum Proteobacteria. We describe here its main phenotypic characteristics, genome sequence and annotation of Microvirga mediterraneensis strain Marseille-Q2068T, a new member of the Microvirga genus, which we propose as the type strain.

Mots clés: Bacteria; culturomics; genome; Microvirga mediterraneensis; sp. nov.; species; taxonogenomics

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Bactériologie

M Boxberger, M Ben Khedher, S Magnien, N Cassir, B La Scola. Draft genome and description of Microvirga mediterraneensis strain Marseille-Q2068T sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human healthy skin. New Microbes and New Infections, 2021, 40, pp.100839. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100839⟩. ⟨hal-03245857⟩