title: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Corynebacterium jeddahense sp. nov.
abstract: Corynebacterium jeddahense sp. nov., strain JCB(T), is the type strain of Corynebacterium jeddahense sp. nov., a new species within the genus Corynebacterium. This strain, whose genome is described here, was isolated from fecal flora of a 24-year-old Saudi male suffering from morbid obesity. Corynebacterium jeddahense is a Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, nonsporulating bacillus. Here, we describe the features of this bacterium, together with the complete genome sequencing and annotation, and compare it to other member of the genus Corynebacterium. The 2,472,125 bp-long genome (1 chromosome but not plasmid) contains 2,359 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes, including 1 rRNA operon.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edouard
authors.affiliation: Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .
authors.forename: Fehmida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bibi
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhamodharan
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lagier
authors.affiliation: Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . ; Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .
authors.forename: Esam Ibraheen
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Azhar
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Aurelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.affiliation: Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasir
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Asif Ahmad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Jiman-Fatani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ; Infection Control Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alawi
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France.
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille cedex, France ; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia .
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
keywords: Corynebacterium jeddahense; culturomics; genome; taxono-genomics