Corynebacterium fournierii sp. nov., isolated from the female genital tract of a patient with bacterial vaginosis

Strain Marseille-P2948T, a novel Grampositive,catalase-positive bacterium was isolatedfrom a vaginal sample of a patient with bacterialvaginosis. It was characterised using the taxonogenomicapproach. Phylogenetic analysis revealedthat the 16S rRNA and the rpoB genes exhibit 98.7 and93.4% similarity, respectively, with those of Corynebacteriumureicelerivorans strain IMMIB RIV-301T. Biochemical tests of strain Marseille-P2948Tgave results that were similar to those of other validlynamed Corynebacterium species, whereas chemotaxonomictests showed the presence of C16:0, C18:1n9,C18:0, and C18:2n6 in the fatty acid profile. The draftgenome of strain Marseille-P2948T is 2,383,644 bplong in size with a G?C content of 65.03%. Of the2210 predicted genes, 2147 are protein-coding genesand 63 are RNAs. Based on phenotypic, phylogenicand genomic results, it was concluded that the isolaterepresents a new species within the genus Corynebacterium.The name Corynebacterium fournierii sp. nov.is proposed and the type strain is Marseille-P2948T(= CSUR P2948 = DSM 103271).Keywords Corynebacterium fournierii Bacterialvaginosis Culturomics Taxogenomics Genom