A strictly anoxic, Gram-stain-positive, non-motile Blautia-like bacterium, designated strain M25T, was isolated from a human faecal sample. Strain M25T was negative for both catalase and oxidase activity, utilized carbohydrates as fermentable substrates, produced lactate and acetate as the major end products of glucose fermentation in PYG medium, and had a DNA G+C content of 41.6 mol%. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed that strain M25T was closely related to Ruminococcus obeum ATCC 29174T (96.40 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Blautia glucerasea HFTH-1T (96.17 %) within the family Lachnospiraceae. Straight-chain saturated and monounsaturated cellular fatty acids were also detected, the majority being C14 : 0, C16 : 0 and C16 : 0 dimethyl acetal acids. Based on the phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic characteristics presented in this study, strain M25T represents a novel species within the genus Blautia for which the name Blautia faecis sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is M25T ( = KCTC 5980T = JCM 17205T).
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