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sp. nov., isolated from the female reproductive tract Open Access

Abstract

A novel strain of the genus , named AMBV1719, was isolated from the vagina of a healthy participant in our large-scale citizen science project on the female microbiome, named Isala. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the 16S rRNA gene of AMBV1719 is most similar to that of with a sequence similarity of 99.873 %. However, a genome-wide comparison using average nucleotide identity (ANI) revealed that isolate AMBV1719 showed the highest ANI with JCM 5343, with a value of only 88.17 %. This low ANI value with the most closely related strains known to date indicated that AMBV1719 represents a distinct species. This strain has a limited ability to degrade carbon sources compared to , indicating its adaptation to the host. Its genome has a length of 2.12 Mb with a G+C content of 34.8 mol%. We thus propose the name sp. nov. for this novel species, with AMBV1719 (=LMG 32886=CECT 30756) as the type strain.

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Keyword(s): citizen science , female health , novel species and vaginal microbiome
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • UAntwerp (Award FFI220319)
    • Principle Award Recipient: SarahLebeer
  • UAntwerp (Award FFB220205)
    • Principle Award Recipient: StijnWittouck
  • UAntwerp (Award FFI220247)
    • Principle Award Recipient: SarahLebeer
  • FWO (Award 1SD0622N)
    • Principle Award Recipient: LeonoreVander Donck
  • HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (Award 852600)
    • Principle Award Recipient: LebeerSarah
© 2023 The Authors
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Lactobacillus isalae sp. nov., isolated from the female reproductive tract
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