Brachybacterium massiliense

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Brachybacterium massiliense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermabacteraceae
Genus: Brachybacterium
Species:
B. massiliense
Binomial name
Brachybacterium massiliense
Tidjani-Alou et al. 2017
Synonyms
  • "Brachybacterium massiliense" Mekhalif et al. 2019[1]

"Brachybacterium massiliense" is a species of Gram positive bacterium. It was first isolated from a stool sample of 38-month-old healthy girl from Senegal. The species was first proposed in 2017, and the name is derived from Massilia, the Roman name for Marseille, the location of the laboratory where B. massiliense was first isolated.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mekhalif F, Tidjani Alou M, Zgheib R, Lo CI, Fournier PE, Raoult D, Lagier JC. (2019). "Brachybacterium massiliense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from stool from a healthy Senegalese child". New Microbes New Infect. 31: 100588. doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100588. PMC 6710231. PMID 31463068.
  2. ^ Tidjani Alou, M; Cadoret, F; Brah, S; Diallo, A; Sokhna, C; Mehrej, V; Lagier, J.-C; Fournier, P.-E; Raoult, D (2017). ""Khelaifiella massiliensis", "Niameybacter massiliensis", "Brachybacterium massiliense", "Enterobacter timonensis", "Massilibacillus massiliensis", new bacterial species and genera isolated from the gut microbiota of healthy infants". New Microbes and New Infections. 19: 1–7. doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.02.002. PMC 5477064. PMID 28652919.