Overview

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Casaltella massiliensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. Casaltella massiliensis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (LaScola2011)

This organism has been recovered from human faeces (detected - Bilen2018). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

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	Character	Response

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SPECIAL FEATURES (LaScola2011);

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	Character	Response
✓	Metabolites produced:	indole;

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References

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SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CASALTELLA MASSILIENSIS

LaScola2011 - Burden of emerging anaerobes in the MALDI-TOF and 16S rRNA gene sequencing era.

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GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CASALTELLA MASSILIENSIS

Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.

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GENERAL REFERENCES FOR CASALTELLA MASSILIENSIS

Bilen2018e - Description of the human gut microbiota by culturomics