Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the human gut microbiota

An anaerobic facultative Gram-stain positive bacterium was isolated from human gut microbiota. Strain Marseille-P5551(T) was considered to be a new genus within the phylum Firmicutes, as it exhibits a 91.87% similarity level with Faecalicatena orotica (NR_117129.1), the phylogenetically closest related species. The draft genome size of strain Marseille-P5551(T) is 4 142 938 bp with 44.4% of G + C content. We hereby suggest the creation of Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., as a new bacterial genus. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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An anaerobic, facultative Gram-stain positive bacterium was isolated from human gut microbiota, considered to be a new genus within the phylum Firmicutes. The draft genome size of the strain is 4,142,938 bp with 44.4% of G + C content. The newly proposed bacterial genus is named Luxibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov.