Overview

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Christensenella massiliensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 3 gut microbiome compilation studies or metastudies. Christensenella massiliensis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Ndongo2016)

This organism has been recovered from human faeces (Ndongo2016). Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ndongo2016);

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	Character	Response
🧂	Salt tolerance:	Grows optimally with 0.5% salt.
pH	Acidity tolerance:	Grows optimally at pH 7.
🌡	Temperature tolerance:	Grows optimally at 37℃.

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References

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SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR CHRISTENSENELLA MASSILIENSIS

Ndongo2016 - Christensenella massiliensis, a new bacterial species isolated from the human gut.

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GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR CHRISTENSENELLA MASSILIENSIS

Byrd2020 - Stability and dynamics of the human gut microbiome and its association with systemic immune traits.

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.

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

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GENERAL REFERENCES FOR CHRISTENSENELLA MASSILIENSIS

Ludwig2009 - Revised road map to the phylum Firmicutes.