Libanicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human stool

Abstract

Strain Marseille-P3237 was isolated from a stool sample of a healthy 35-year-old Congolese pygmy female. This anaerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile coccus-shaped bacterium is a member of the order <i>Coriobacteriales</i>. It exhibits a 2 009 306-bp genome with a 65.46 mol% G+C content and is closely related to, but distinct from, members of the <i>Olsenella</i> genus. We propose the creation of the new genus <i>Libanicoccus</i> gen. nov. and of the new species <i>Libanicoccus massiliensis</i> sp. nov.