Prevotella merdae sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from human faeces.

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.

gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel propionic acid bacterium derived from human vaginal discharge.

A Gram-stain-positive anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Marseille-P3275, was isolated using culturomics from the vaginal discharge of healthy French woman. Marseille-P3275 was non-motile and did not form spores. Cells had neither catalase nor oxidase activity.

Rickettsia fournieri sp. nov., a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Argas lagenoplastis ticks in Australia.

Strain AUS118 was isolated from an Argas lagenoplastis tick collected from the nest of a Petrochelidon ariel (fairy martin) in Australia in 2013. Microscopic observation of infected cell cultures indicated this strain had a morphology and intracellular location typical of Rickettsiaspecies. Phylogenetic analysis of this strain based firstly on multi-locus sequence analysis and subsequently on whole genome analysis demonstrated that AUS118 was most closely related to, but divergent from Rickettsia japonica and Rickettsia heilongjiangensis.

Genomic and phenotypic description of the newly isolated human species Collinsella bouchesdurhonensis sp. nov.

Using culturomics, a recently developed strategy based on diversified culture conditions for the isolation of previously uncultured bacteria, we isolated strain Marseille-P3296 from a fecal sample of a healthy pygmy female. A multiphasic approach, taxono-genomics, was used to describe the major characteristics of this anaerobic and gram-positive bacillus that is unable to sporulate and is not motile. The genome of this bacterium is 1,878,572 bp-long with a 57.

Corynebacterium fournierii sp. nov., isolated from the female genital tract of a patient with bacterial vaginosis.

Strain Marseille-P2948, a novel Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium was isolated from a vaginal sample of a patient with bacterial vaginosis. It was characterised using the taxonogenomic approach. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 16S rRNA and the rpoB genes exhibit 98.

Draft Genome Sequence of Strain Marseille-P3344, Isolated from a Human Fecal Microbiota.

In this article, we present the draft genome sequence of strain Marseille-P3344, isolated from a human fecal sample. The genome described here is composed of 2,464,704 nucleotides, with 2,230 protein-coding genes and 76 RNA genes.

Rickettsia gravesii sp. nov.: a novel spotted fever group rickettsia in Western Australian Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum ticks.

A rickettsial organism harboured by Amblyomma triguttatum ticks on Barrow Island, Western Australia, was discovered after reports of possible rickettsiosis among local workers. Subsequent isolation of this rickettsia (strain BWI-1) in cell culture and analysis of its phylogenetic, genotypic and phenotypic relationships with type strains of Rickettsia species with standing in nomenclature suggested that it was sufficiently divergent to warrant its classification as a new species. Multiple gene comparison of strain BWI-1 revealed degrees of sequence similarity with Rickettsia raoultii, its closest relative, of 99.

Genome sequence and description of Pantoea septica strain FF5.

Strain FF5 was isolated from the skin flora of a healthy Senegalese 35-year-old woman. This strain was identified as belonging to the species Pantoea septica based on rpoB sequence identity of 99.7 % with Pantoea septica strain LMG 5345(T) and a highest MALDI-TOF-MS score of 2.

Genome Sequence of Rickettsia hoogstraalii, a Geographically Widely Distributed Tick-Associated Bacterium.

Rickettsia hoogstraalii is a tick-associated member of the spotted fever group rickettsiae that is geographically widely distributed. We report here the draft genome of R. hoogstraalii strain Croatica(T) (=DSM 22243 = UTMB 00003), which was isolated from Haemaphysalis sulcata ticks collected in Croatia.

The genome of Coxiella burnetii Z3055, a clone linked to the Netherlands Q fever outbreaks, provides evidence for the role of drift in the emergence of epidemic clones.

Coxiella burnetii is a pathogen causing Q fever. The aim of our work was to study Z3055, a strain that is genotypically related to the strain causing the Netherlands outbreak. We compared Z3055 to 5 other completed genomes available in GenBank.

Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Peptoniphilus senegalensis sp. nov.

Peptoniphilus senegalensis strain JC140(T) sp. nov., is the type strain of P.

Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Dielma fastidiosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Family Erysipelotrichaceae.

Dielma fastidiosa strain JC13(T) gen. nov., sp.

Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Enorma massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Family Coriobacteriaceae.

Enorma massiliensis strain phI(T) is the type strain of E. massiliensis gen. nov.

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes timonensis sp. nov.

Alistipes timonensis strain JC136(T) sp. nov. is the type strain of A.

Genomic comparison of Kingella kingae strains.

Kingella kingae is a betaproteobacterium from the order Neisseriales, and it is an agent of invasive infections in children. We sequenced the genome from the septic arthritis strain 11220434. It is composed of a 1,990,794-bp chromosome but no plasmid, and it contains 2,042 protein-coding genes and 52 RNA genes, including 3 rRNA genes.

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Anaerococcus senegalensis sp. nov.

strain JC48 sp. nov. is the type strain of sp.

Genome sequence of Diplorickettsia massiliensis, an emerging Ixodes ricinus-associated human pathogen.

Diplorickettsia massiliensis is a gammaproteobacterium in the order Legionellales and an agent of tick-borne infection. We sequenced the genome from strain 20B, isolated from an Ixodes ricinus tick. The genome consists of a 1,727,973-bp chromosome but no plasmid and includes 2,269 protein-coding genes and 42 RNA genes, including 3 rRNA genes.

The genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of deadly louse-borne relapsing fever, is a degraded subset of tick-borne Borrelia duttonii.

In an effort to understand how a tick-borne pathogen adapts to the body louse, we sequenced and compared the genomes of the recurrent fever agents Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii. The 1,242,163-1,574,910-bp fragmented genomes of B.