Myriam BENLAIFAOUI

Mrs. Myriam BENLAIFAOUI


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 February 2022 in Microbiology Research
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BRBertrand Routy
Bertrand Routy
CRCorentin Richard
Corentin Richard
MBMyriam BENLAIFAOUI
Myriam BENLAIFAOUI
Simon Grandjean LapierreSimon Grandjean Lapierre
Simon Grandjean Lapierre
NANicholas ARMSTRONG
Nicholas ARMSTRONG
KDKhoudia Diop
Khoudia Diop
Fecal microbiome culturomics of a cancer patient treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors led to the identification of a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, obligate anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium, designated strain kh20T, which was phylogenetically assigned to the genus Alistipes. Strain kh20T demonstrated a 98.61% 16S rRNA sequence similarity with A.shahii WAL 8301T. The bacteria cells generated catalase but no oxidase. Iso-C15:0 (26.6%), anteiso-C15:0 (19.9%), and iso-C17:0 (17.2%) were the major cellular fatty acids identified in its composition. The G+C content of its genome was 57.2%. Strain kh20T showed significantly low values for DNA-DNA Hybridation (DDH ≤ 33.70%) and Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI ≤ 86.35%) compared with other Alistipes species. Based on these findings, we concluded that strain kh20T represented a novel bacterium, and we proposed the name Alistipes montrealensis sp. nov. (CECT 30384 and CSUR Q6005).