title: Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description ofFusobacterium massiliensesp. nov. isolated from human duodenum.
abstract: The strain Marseille-P2749T(= CSUR P2749 = DSM 103085) was isolated as part of culturomics study from a liquid duodenum sample from a French man. Bacterial cells were Gram-negative bacilli, fusiform shaped and non-spore forming, and they grew in microaerophilic and anaerobic atmosphere. Its genome is 1 809 169 bp long and contains 1646 protein-coding genes. The DNA G+C content was 27.33 mol%. This strain exhibited a 95.9% sequence similarity withFusobacterium periodonticum,the phylogenetically closest species with standing in nomenclature. Strain Marseille-P2749Tis suggested to be a novel species belonging to the genusFusobacterium,for which the nameFusobacterium massiliensesp. nov. is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mailhe
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France; Département des sciences cliniques et biomédicales, Luigi Sacco, Division des Maladies Infectieuses III, Université de Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricaboni
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastroentérologie, Hopital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vitton
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastroentérologie, Hopital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benezech
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dubourg
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michelle
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andrieu
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bittar
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, INSERM 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Million
keywords: Culturomics; Fusobacterium massiliense; gastrointestinal microbiome; genomics; taxonomy