Characterization of a New Ezakiella Isolated from the Human Vagina: Genome Sequence and Description of Ezakiella massiliensis sp. nov

Curr Microbiol. 2018 Apr;75(4):456-463. doi: 10.1007/s00284-017-1402-z. Epub 2017 Nov 29.

Abstract

The study of the vaginal microbiota using the "culturomics concept" allowed us to isolate, from the vaginal swab of an asymptomatic 20-year-old woman who had sexual relations with another woman with bacterial vaginosis, an unknown Gram-positive anaerobic coccus-shaped bacterium that was designated strain Marseille-P2951T and characterized using taxono-genomics. Strain Marseille-P2951T is non-motile and non-spore forming and exhibits catalase and oxidase activities. Its 16S rRNA gene-based identification showed 98.5% identity with Ezakiella peruensis, the phylogenetically closest species. The major fatty acids are C18:1n9 (58%) and C16:0 (22%). With a 1,741,785 bp length, the G+C content of the genome is 36.69%. Of a total of 1657 genes, 1606 are protein-coding genes and 51 RNAs. Also, 1123 genes are assigned a putative function and 127 are ORFans. Phenotypic, phylogenetic, and genomics analyses revealed that strain Marseille-P2951T (=CSUR P2951 =DSM 103122) is distinct and represents a new species of the genus Ezakiella, for which the name Ezakiella massiliensis sp. nov. is proposed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Fatty Acids / chemistry
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Female
  • Firmicutes / classification
  • Firmicutes / genetics
  • Firmicutes / isolation & purification*
  • Firmicutes / metabolism
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Vagina / microbiology*
  • Vaginosis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Fatty Acids