Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Enterococcus massiliensis sp. nov.

• Main Authors: S. Le Page, T. Cimmino, A. Togo, M. Million, C. Michelle, S. Khelaifia, J.-C. Lagier, D. Raoult, J.-M. Rolain
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
• Series: New Microbes and New Infections
• Subjects: Culturomics; Enterococcus massiliensis; genome; new species; taxonogenomics
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297516300257
• ISSN: 2052-2975

Enterococcus massiliensis strain sp. nov. (= CSUR P1927 = DSM 100308) is a new species within the genus Enterococcus. This strain was first isolated from a fresh stool sample of a man during culturomics study of intestinal microflora. Enterococcus massiliensis is a Gram-positive cocci, facultative anaerobic and motile. E. massiliensis is negative for mannitol and positive for β-galactosidase, contrary to E. gallinarum. The complete genome sequence is 2712841 bp in length with a GC content of 39.6% and contains 2617 protein-coding genes and 70 RNA genes, including nine rRNA genes.