Parvimonas micra ATCC 33270
Reference genome for the Human Microbiome Project
<b><i>Parvimonas micra</i> ATCC 33270</b>. <i>Parvimonas micra</i>  ATCC 33270, formerly <i>Peptostreptococcus micros</i> was isolated from a case of purulent pleurisy. This strain is part of a comprehensive, sequence-based survey of members of the normal human gut microbiota. A joint effort of the WU-GSC and the Center for Genome Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine, the purpose of this survey is to provide the general scientific community with a broad view of the gene content of 100 representatives of the major divisions represented in the intestine's microbial community. This information should provide a frame of reference for analyzing metagenomic studies of the human gut microbiome.