Urinicoccus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from a human urine sample from a 7-year-old boy hospitalized for dental care

New Microbes New Infect. 2019 Oct 30:32:100615. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100615. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

E K Yimagou¹, H Anani², A Yacouba¹, I Hasni¹, J-P Baudoin¹, D Raoult³, J Y Bou Khalil¹

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
² Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
³ Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Urinicoccus massiliensis strain Marseille-P1992^T (= CSURP1992 = DSM100581) is a species of a new genus isolated from human urine.

Keywords: Culturomics; Urinicoccus massiliensis; new species; taxonogenomics; urine.

© 2019 The Authors.