Candidatus Methanosphaera massiliense sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeal species found in a human fecal sample and prevalent in pigs and red kangaroos

ABSTRACTMethanosphaera stadtmanae was the sole Methanosphaera representative to be cultured and detected by molecular methods in the human gut microbiota, further associated with digestive and respiratory diseases, leaving unknown the actual diversity of human-associated Methanosphaera species. Here...

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Published in:	Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors:	Virginie Pilliol, Madjid Morsli, Laureline Terlier, Yasmine Hassani, Ihab Malat, Cheick Oumar Guindo, Bernard Davoust, Benjamin Lamglait, Michel Drancourt, Gérard Aboudharam, Ghiles Grine, Elodie Terrer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2024-02-01
Subjects:	methanogens Methanosphaera Candidatus Methanosphaera massiliense hydrogen-free culture human gut microbiota host transfer
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05141-22