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Identification of Rare Bacterial Pathogens by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS
Published on: July 11, 2016
Massilistercora timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human microbiota
M L Tall1,2, S Ndongo1,2, I I Ngom1,2
1Aix Marseille Université (AMU), MEPHI (Microbes, Evolution, Phylogeny and Infections), IRD, APHM, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille 13005, France.
Abstract:
Massilistercora timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. strain Marseille-P3756T is a new species of the phylum Firmicutes; it was isolated from the human gut microbiota and has a genome of 2 769 591 bp (51.2% G + C). The closest species based on 16S rRNA sequence was Merdimonas faecis strain BR31 with 95.2 % sequence similarity. Considering phenotypic features and comparative genome studies, we proposed the strain Marseille-P3756T as the type strain of Massilistercora timonensis sp. nov., a new species within the genus Massilistercora.
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