@article{fdi:010067776, title = {{A}naerococcus rubiinfantis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microbiota of a {S}enegalese infant with severe acute malnutrition}, author = {{A}lou, {M}. {T}. and {K}helaifia, {S}. and {M}ichelle, {C}. and {A}ndrieu, {C}. and {A}rmstrong, {N}. and {B}ittar, {F}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {D}iallo, {A}. and {F}ournier, {P}. {E}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {M}illion, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A}naerococcus rubiinfantis sp. nov. strain mt16({T}) is a new species within the genus {A}naerococcus, which was isolated by the culturomics approach from the gut microbiota of an infant suffering from kwashiorkor. {A} phenotypic, biochemical and proteomic description of this strain is hereby presented alongside a complete annotation of its genome. {T}his strictly anaerobic species forms {G}ram-positive non-sporeforming cocci. {T}he major fatty acid was hexadecanoic acid. {T}he phylogenetic analysis of strain mt16({T}) showed a 97.9% similarity level with {A}naerococcus vaginalis, the closest validly published species. {I}ts genome is 1,929,161 bp long with 29.5% {G} + {C} content and contains 1808 protein-coding genes and 56 {RNA} genes, among which are six r{RNA} genes. {G}enomic analysis identified 41/1864 coding genes as {ORF}ans (2.2%) and at least 620/1808 (34.9%) orthologous proteins which are not shared with the closest phylogenetic species. {W}e believe that the extension of the human anaerobic gut compendium by culturomics is one of the first steps that will improve the understanding of the links between the microbiome and health or disease.}, keywords = {{A}naerococcus rubiinfantis ; {G}ut microbiota ; {C}ulturomics ; {T}axono-genomics ; {M}alnutrition ; {SENEGAL}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}naerobe}, volume = {40}, numero = {}, pages = {85--94}, ISSN = {1075-9964}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.06.007}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067776}, }