Halophilic & halotolerant prokaryotes in humans.

Halophilic prokaryotes are described as microorganisms living in hypersaline environments. Here, we list the halotolerant and halophilic bacteria which have been isolated in humans. Of the 52 halophilic prokaryotes, 32 (61.

Genome sequence and description of Gracilibacillus timonensis sp. nov. strain Marseille-P2481 , a moderate halophilic bacterium isolated from the human gut microflora.

Microbial culturomics represents an ongoing revolution in the characterization of the human gut microbiota. By using three culture media containing high salt concentrations (10, 15, and 20% [w/v] NaCl), we attempted an exhaustive exploration of the halophilic microbial diversity of the human gut and isolated strain Marseille-P2481 (= CSUR P2481 =  DSM 103076), a new moderately halophilic bacterium. This bacterium is a Gram-positive, strictly aerobic, spore-forming rod that is motile by use of a flagellum and exhibits catalase, but not oxidase activity.

Bacillus kwashiorkori sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from a malnourished child using culturomics.

Strain SIT6 was isolated from the fecal flora of a severely malnourished child as part of a broad "culturomics" study aiming to maximize the culture conditions for the in-depth exploration of the human microbiota. An analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain SIT6 shared 94.1% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Bacillus thermoamylovorans DKP (NR_029151), the phylogenetically closest type species.

Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.

Metagenomics revolutionized the understanding of the relations among the human microbiome, health and diseases, but generated a countless number of sequences that have not been assigned to a known microorganism. The pure culture of prokaryotes, neglected in recent decades, remains essential to elucidating the role of these organisms. We recently introduced microbial culturomics, a culturing approach that uses multiple culture conditions and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight and 16S rRNA for identification.