Haloferax massiliensis sp. nov., the first human-associated halophilic archaea

S Khelaifia (1) , Didier Raoult (2)

1 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
2 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes

We report the main characteristics of Haloferax massiliensis strain Arc-Hr(T) (= CSUR P974) isolated from stool specimen of a 22-year-old Amazonian obese female patient.

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses

S Khelaifia, Didier Raoult. Haloferax massiliensis sp. nov., the first human-associated halophilic archaea. New Microbes and New Infections, 2016, 12, pp.96-98. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2016.05.007⟩. ⟨hal-01476270⟩