@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004106, author = "Diop, Khoudia and Cadoret, Frederic and Nguyen, Thi Tien and Baudoin, Jean-Pierre and Armstrong, Nicholas and Raoult, Didier and Bretelle, Florence and Fournier, Pierre-Edouard and Fenollar, Florence", title = "Vaginimicrobium propionicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel propionic acid bacterium derived from human vaginal discharge", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2020", volume = "70", number = "7", pages = "4091-4097", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004106", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004106", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Vaginimicrobium propionicum", keywords = "taxonogenomics", keywords = "Propionibacteriaceae", keywords = "vaginal microbiota", keywords = "bacterial vaginosis", keywords = "anaerobic bacteria", abstract = "A Gram-stain-positive anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Marseille-P3275T, was isolated using culturomics from the vaginal discharge of healthy French woman. Marseille-P3275T was non-motile and did not form spores. Cells had neither catalase nor oxidase activity. The major fatty acids were C16 : 0 (29 %), C18:1ω9 (18 %), and iso-C15 : 0 (17 %). The genomic DNA G+C content was 50.64 mol%. The phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that Marseille-P3275T was related to members of the family   Propionibacteriaceae   (between 90.32–92.92 % sequence similarity) with formation of a clade with the monospecific genus   Propionimicrobium   (type species   Propionimicrobium lymphophilum  ). On the basis of these phylogenetic and phenotypic differences, Marseille-P3275T was classified in a novel genus, Vaginimicrobium, as Vaginimicrobium propionicum gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is Marseille-P3275T (=CSUR P3275T=CECT 9677T).", }