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Peer-reviewedCC BYNew microbes and new infections

First human isolation of Gibbsiella quercinecans associated with infection - significance and relevance.

  • Jonas Lübbe1
  • Leonie Schaudig2
  • Jiabin Huang1
  • Konstantin Tanida1
  • Martin Christner1
  • Martin Aepfelbacher1
  • Susanne Rein2,3
  • Holger Rohde1
  • Benjamin Berinson1
  1. 1Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
  2. 2Department for Hand-, Plastic- and Microsurgery, Burn Unit, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Klinikum, Hamburg, Germany.
  3. 3Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
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Abstract

Gibbsiella quercinecans is a plant-associated environmental bacterium described in the context of Acute Oak Decline and has not previously been reported in human clinical samples. A previously healthy 60-year-old male developed an outdoor trauma-associated skin and soft tissue infection of a primarily sutured left-thumb wound. Surgical exploration was performed and an intraoperative specimen of representative infected tissue from the depth of the wound yielded a Gram-negative rod in pure culture. MALDI-TOF MS, automated biochemical testing, and 16S rDNA sequencing were inconclusive for species-level identification. Definitive identification as G. quercinecans was achieved by whole-genome sequencing. The isolate was susceptible to all tested antimicrobial agents and no known relevant acquired resistance genes were detected. The infection subsided after surgical debridement, irrigation, and antimicrobial therapy. This case represents, to our knowledge, the first isolation of G. quercinecans from a human infection and highlights the value of genomic methods for identifying unusual environmental pathogens at the interface of outdoor exposure and clinical microbiology.

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@article{lubbe2026first,
  title = {{First human isolation of Gibbsiella quercinecans associated with infection - significance and relevance.}},
  author = {Jonas Lübbe and Leonie Schaudig and Jiabin Huang and Konstantin Tanida and Martin Christner and Martin Aepfelbacher and Susanne Rein and Holger Rohde and Benjamin Berinson},
  journal = {New microbes and new infections},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1016/j.nmni.2026.101867},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903649},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - First human isolation of Gibbsiella quercinecans associated with infection - significance and relevance.
AU  - Jonas Lübbe
AU  - Leonie Schaudig
AU  - Jiabin Huang
AU  - Konstantin Tanida
AU  - Martin Christner
AU  - Martin Aepfelbacher
AU  - Susanne Rein
AU  - Holger Rohde
AU  - Benjamin Berinson
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/08
JO  - New microbes and new infections
DO  - 10.1016/j.nmni.2026.101867
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903649
AB  - Gibbsiella quercinecans is a plant-associated environmental bacterium described in the context of Acute Oak Decline and has not previously been reported in human clinical samples. A previously healthy 60-year-old male developed an outdoor trauma-associated skin and soft tissue infection of a primarily sutured left-thumb wound. Surgical exploration was performed and an intraoperative specimen of representative infected tissue from the depth of the wound yielded a Gram-negative rod in pure culture. MALDI-TOF MS, automated biochemical testing, and 16S rDNA sequencing were inconclusive for species-level identification. Definitive identification as G. quercinecans was achieved by whole-genome sequencing. The isolate was susceptible to all tested antimicrobial agents and no known relevant acquired resistance genes were detected. The infection subsided after surgical debridement, irrigation, and antimicrobial therapy. This case represents, to our knowledge, the first isolation of G. quercinecans from a human infection and highlights the value of genomic methods for identifying unusual environmental pathogens at the interface of outdoor exposure and clinical microbiology.
SN  - 2052-2975
ER  -