@article{PAR00015223, title = {{D}escription of {G}abonibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family {P}orphyromonadaceae isolated from the human gut microbiota}, author = {{M}ourembou, {G}. and {R}athored, {J}. and {L}ekana-{D}ouki, {J}. {B}. and {N}djoyi-{M}biguino, {A}. and {K}helaifia, {S}. and {R}obert, {C}. and {A}rmstrong, {N}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {F}ournier, {P}. {E}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he identification of human-associated bacteria is very important to control infectious diseases. {I}n recent years, we diversified culture conditions in a strategy named culturomics, and isolated more than 100 new bacterial species and/or genera. {U}sing this strategy, strain {GM}7, a strictly anaerobic gram-negative bacterium was recently isolated from a stool specimen of a healthy {G}abonese patient. {I}t is a motile coccobacillus without catalase and oxidase activities. {T}he genome of {G}abonibacter massiliensis is 3,397,022 bp long with 2880 {ORF}s and a {G}+{C} content of 42.09 %. {O}f the predicted genes, 2,819 are protein-coding genes, and 61 are {RNA}s. {S}train {GM}7 differs from the closest genera within the family {P}orphyromonadaceae both genotypically and in shape and motility. {T}hus, we propose that strain {GM}7({T}) (={CSUR} {P}2336 = {DSM} 101039) is the type strain of the new genus {G}abonibacter gen. nov. and the new species {G}. massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov.}, keywords = {{G}abonibacter massiliensis ; {T}axonogenomics ; {C}ulturomics ; {G}abon ; {G}ut microbiota ; {GABON}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{C}urrent {M}icrobiology}, volume = {73}, numero = {6}, pages = {867--877}, ISSN = {0343-8651}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1007/s00284-016-1137-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00015223}, }