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sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from faeces of a healthy human No Access

Abstract

An oval to rod-shaped, Gram-stain-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium, designated LFL-14, was isolated from the faeces of a healthy Chinese woman. Cells of the strain were non-spore-forming, grew optimally at 37 °C (growth range 30–45 °C) and pH 7.0 (growth range 6.0–9.0) under anaerobic conditions in the liquid modified Gifu anaerobic medium (mGAM). The result of 16S rRNA gene-based analysis indicated that LFL-14 shared an identity of 94.7 0% with ATCC 27560, indicating LFL-14 represented a novel taxon. The results of genome-based analysis revealed that the average nucleotide identity (ANI), the digital DNA–DNA hybridisation (dDDH) and average amino acid identity (AAI) between LFL-14 and its phylogenetically closest neighbour, ATCC 27560, were 77.0 %, 24.6 and 70.9 %, respectively, indicating that LFL-14 represents a novel species of the genus . The genome size of LFL-14 was 2.92 Mbp and the DNA G+C content was 33.14 mol%. We analysed the distribution of the genome of LFL-14 in cohorts of healthy individuals, type 2 diabetes patients (T2D) and patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We found that its abundance was higher in the T2D cohort, but it had a low average abundance of less than 0.2 % in all three cohorts. The percentages of frequency of occurrence in the T2D, healthy and NAFLD cohorts were 48.87 %, 16.72 % and 13.10 % respectively. The major cellular fatty acids of LFL-14 were C (34.4 %), C 2-OH (21.4 %) and C (11.7 %). Additionally, the strain contained diphosphatidylglycerol (DPG) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), as well as unidentified phospholipids and unidentified glycolipids. The glucose fermentation products of LFL-14 were acetate and butyrate. In summary, On the basis of its chemotaxonomic, phenotypic, phylogenetic and phylogenomic properties, strain LFL-14 (= CGMCC 1.18005 = KCTC 25580) is identified as representing a novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. is proposed.

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Keyword(s): Eubacterium , Eubacterium album sp. nov. and human feces
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This study was supported by the:
  • Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Award No. 82030116)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Shuang-JiangLiu
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Eubacterium album sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from faeces of a healthy human
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