Prevotella rara sp. nov., isolated from human faeces

  • Boris A. Efimov
  • , Andrei V. Chaplin
  • , Victoria A. Shcherbakova
  • , Natalia E. Suzina
  • , Irina V. Podoprigora
  • , Andrei N. Shkoporov

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Abstract

A strain of obligately anaerobic, Gram-stain-negative rods was isolated from human faeces and characterized both phenotypically and genotypically. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene and whole-genome sequences revealed the strain to represent a member of the genus Prevotella, distant from the species with validly published names, with the closest relationship to Prevotella oryzae. The strain was moderately saccharolytic and proteolytic. The predominant menaquinones were MK-13 and MK-12. The major cellular long-chain fatty acids were anteiso-C 15: 0 and iso-C 15: 0 . The genomic DNA G+C content was 45.7 mol%. On the basis of chemotaxonomic and genotypic properties, it was concluded that the strain represent a novel species within the genus Prevotella, for which the name Prevotella rara sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Prevotella rara is 109 T (=VKM B-2992 T =DSM 105141 T ).

Original languageEnglish
Article number003066
Pages (from-to)3818-3825
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Volume68
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Bacteroidetes
  • Microbiota
  • Novel species
  • Prevotella

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