'Lactobacillus raoultii' sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the vaginal flora of a woman with bacterial vaginosis

B Nicaise; M Bilen; F Cadoret; F Bretelle; F Fenollar

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.006

'Lactobacillus raoultii' sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the vaginal flora of a woman with bacterial vaginosis

New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Oct 16:21:20-22. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.006. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

B Nicaise¹, M Bilen^{1

2}, F Cadoret¹, F Bretelle³, F Fenollar¹

Affiliations

¹ Aix-Marseille Univ, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Faculté de médecine, France.
² Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Saint George University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Gynépole, Marseille, Pr Boubli, Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, AMU, Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, France.

Abstract

We report the isolation of a new bacterium species, 'Lactobacillus raoultii' strain Marseille P4006 (CSUR P4006), isolated from a vaginal sample of a 45-year-old woman with bacterial vaginosis.

Keywords: Bacterial vaginosis; Lactobacillus raoultii; culturomics; emerging bacteria; human microbiota; vaginal microbiota.