Candidatus Babela massiliensis

Bacteria
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Overview

  • Candidatus Babela massiliensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. Candidatus Babela massiliensis is likely to be transient and not a long-term gut coloniser. (Pagnier2015; Cohen2011)



  • This organism has been recovered from intracellular commensal of amoeba, which is associated with clinical sources (eye infection). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
    Character Response
    RESPONSE TO ANTIBIOTICS (Cohen2011);
    Class Active Resistant
  • Quinolines:
  • ciprofloxacin;
  • Polypep/ketides:
  • rifampicin;

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Candidatus Dependentiae Class:  Candidatus Babeliae Order:  Candidatus Babeliales Family:  Candidatus Babeliaceae Genus:  Candidatus Gram stain:  neg Spore:  No spore Motility:  Sessile Morphology:  Coccus
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  intracellular commensal of amoeba, which is associated with clinical sources (eye infection)
    ANTIBIOTICS ℞
    Penicillins & Penems (μg/mL) Cephalosporins (μg/mL) Aminoglycosides (μg/mL) Macrolides (μg/mL) Quinolones (μg/mL)
    ciprofloxacin:  R(20)
    Tetracyclines (μg/mL) Vancomycin Class (μg/mL) Polypep/ketides (μg/mL) Heterocycles (μg/mL) Other (μg/mL)
    rifampicin:  S(200)

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CANDIDATUS BABELA MASSILIENSIS
  • Pagnier2015 - Babela massiliensis, a representative of a widespread bacterial phylum with unusual adaptations to parasitism in amoebae.
  • Cohen2011 - Ameba-associated Keratitis, France.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CANDIDATUS BABELA MASSILIENSIS
  • De2020 - Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter.
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    • Added: January 19, 2022