Publications by authors named "Cheikh Lo"

Extending our knowledge on human skin microbiota is a challenge to better decipher its role in health and disease. Using the culturomics method, we isolated strain Marseille-Q4368 from the healthy forehead of a 59-year-old woman. We describe here the main characteristics of this bacterium using a taxonogenomic approach.

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Blood is a precious biological liquid that is normally sterile. Therefore, bacteria in the bloodstream are shown a priori anomaly. A blood culture is systematically performed to diagnose the cause of the bacteremia.

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Two new bacterial strains, Marseille-P2698 (CSUR P2698 = DSM 103,121) and Marseille-P2260 (CSUR P2260 = DSM 101,844 = SN18), were isolated from human stools by the culturomic method. We used the taxonogenomic approach to fully describe these two new bacterial strains. The Marseille-P2698 strain was a Gram-negative, motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium.

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  • Bacterial strain Marseille-P3954 was isolated from a stool sample of a 35-year-old male patient in France and is characterized as a gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, non-motile, and non-spore-forming bacterium.
  • Its genome has 2,422,126 base pairs with a G+C content of 60.8 mol%, and C and C are identified as its major fatty acids.
  • Phylogenetic analysis reveals that it shares only 85.51% similarity with Christensenella minuta, indicating it belongs to a new genus and species, proposed as Maliibacterium massiliense, with Marseille-P3954 designated as its type strain.
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The novel bacterial strain Marseille-P4005 was isolated from the stool sample of a healthy donor. It is a Gram-stain negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming rod. It grew optimally at 37 °C and at pH 7.

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  • The oral care industry has expanded, making it harder for consumers to choose the right toothpaste and understand its safety and components.
  • Researchers conducted a scoping review from 2015 to 2020 to assess the biological properties and potential toxicity of adult toothpastes.
  • Findings revealed that while herbal toothpaste is safe and effective, many chemical ingredients, particularly sodium lauryl sulfate, can be harmful; thus, clear labeling of toothpaste ingredients is essential for consumer safety.
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Using the culturomics approach, the previously unknown strain Marseille-P8953, was isolated and classified within the Weizmannia genus. Strain Marseille-P8953 was isolated from the faeces of a healthy subject and consisted of Gram-stain positive, spore-forming, motile rod-shaped cells. A 99.

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The culturomics method enabled isolation of a new member of the Ottowia genus from the stool sample of a healthy volunteer. Strain Marseille-P4747T exhibited a 96.18% 16S rRNA sequence identity with Ottowia beijingensis strain GCS-AN-3 (NR_133803.

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Strain Marseille-P4119T was isolated from a faecal sample of a healthy 32-year-old faecal transplant donor. The bacterium was anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, and did not produce spores. We studied its phenotypic characteristics and sequenced its whole genome.

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Strains Marseille-Q5893 (= CSUR Q5893 = CECT 30496) and Marseille-Q5883 (= CSUR Q5883 = CECT 30497) were isolated from vaginal samples using the culturomics approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequences of each strain were sequenced and then compared by BLASTn to the NCBI database. Strains Marseille-Q5893 and Marseille-Q5883 were most closely related to Anaerococcus obesiensis and Finegoldia magna, with identities of 98.

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Strains Marseille-P3761 and Marseille-P3195 are representatives of two bacterial species isolated from human specimens. Strain Marseille-P3761 was isolated from the stool of a healthy volunteer, while strain Marseille-P3915 was cultivated from the urine of a kidney transplant recipient. Both strains are anaerobic Gram-positive coccoid bacteria.

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Strain Marseille-P8396 is a new species isolated from a patient with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Its optimal growth condition was observed at pH of 7.5, at a temperature of 37 °C after 72 h of incubation on Columbia agar (BioMérieux, France) with 5% sheep blood, under an anaerobic atmosphere.

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  • * Genetic analysis showed that it has a 98.68% sequence identity with another strain, Ornithinibacillus scapharcae, and a G+C content of 36.9 mol%.
  • * Due to its unique genetic, morphological, and biochemical characteristics, this strain is proposed as a new species named Ornithinibacillus massiliensis sp. nov.
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•Omicron variant continues to progress in Senegal with the appearance of new contaminations.•IRESSEF detected the first positive case of the Omicron variant on Friday, December 3, 2021.•Since this date, the number of Omicron variant infections has increased over the weeks.

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  • Blood is typically sterile tissue, but in this study, three bacterial strains were isolated from individuals suffering from bacteremia for further investigation.* -
  • The strains included two Gram-positive non-spore-forming rod-shaped bacteria (Marseille-P7157T and Marseille-Q2854T) and one Gram-negative motile rod-shaped bacterium (Marseille-P8049T), with distinct major fatty acids identified.* -
  • Genomic analysis revealed significant sequence similarities with known species, leading to the classification of these newly isolated strains as different species: Acinetobacter ihumii sp. nov., Microbacterium ihumii sp. nov., and Gulosibacter massiliensis sp. nov.*
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The Microbial Culturomics Project aiming to discover several bacterial species made it possible to isolate the strain Marseille-P4308 from a stool sample of a healthy indigenous Congolese volunteer. Strain Marseille-P4308 is a Gram-positive coccus shaped bacterium that optimally grows at 37 °C. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the strain has a 96.

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Using microbial culturomics, we were able to isolate strain Marseille-P3078 from a stool sample of a healthy 50-year-old Saudi Arabian woman. To this end, we used taxonogenomics that combines phenotypic, biochemical and genomic analyses, to describe this bacterium. Cells from strain Marseille-P3078 are anaerobic and Gram-negative rods that are motile and unable to sporulate.

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Two novel bacteria species designated Marseille-Q1000 and Marseille-Q0999 were isolated from urine samples of patients in Sokoto, Northwest-Nigeria. They were Gram-positive bacteria and belong to two different genera, Bhargavaea and Dietzia. The genome size and G + C content of Marseille-Q1000 and Marseille-Q0999 were 3.

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Strain GD8 is a new species belonging to the order Coriobacteriales that was isolated from fresh stool of a French volunteer. It is an anaerobic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from human gut microbiota. The sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene showed that our strain GD8 was 96.

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Strain Marseille-P3519T isolated from the fecal flora of a 25-year-old healthy French woman was a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium, non-motile and non-spore forming. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of Marseille-P3519 showed 97.73% of sequence similarity with Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 20016, the closest species, phylogenetically.

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Thanks to its ability to isolate previously uncultured bacterial species, culturomics has dynamized the study of the human microbiota. A new bacterial species, Gemella massiliensis Marseille-P3249, was isolated from a sputum sample of a healthy French man. Strain Marseille-P3249 is a facultative anaerobe, catalase-negative, Gram positive, coccus, and unable to sporulate.

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