Description of 'Bacillus dakarensis' sp. nov., 'Bacillus sinesaloumensis' sp. nov., 'Gracilibacillus timonensis' sp. nov., 'Halobacillus massiliensis' sp. nov., 'Lentibacillus massiliensis' sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus senegalensis' sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus timonensis' sp. nov., 'Virgibacillus dakarensis' sp. nov. and 'Virgibacillus marseillensis' sp. nov., nine halophilic new species isolated from human stool.

B. Senghor , E. H. Seck (1) , S. Khelaifia (2) , H. Bassene , C. Sokhna (2) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (2) , Didier Raoult (2) , J.-C. Lagier (1)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes
2 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes

We report the main characteristics of 'Bacillus dakarensis' P3515(T) sp. nov., 'Bacillus sinesaloumensis' P3516(T) sp. nov., 'Gracilibacillus timonensis' P2481(T) sp. nov., 'Halobacillus massiliensis' P3554(T) sp. nov., 'Lentibacillus massiliensis' P3089(T) sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus senegalensis' P3587(T) sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus timonensis' P3532(T) sp. nov., 'Virgibacillus dakarensis' P3469(T) sp. nov. and 'Virgibacillus marseillensis' P3610(T) sp. nov., that were isolated in 2016 from salty stool samples (\textgreater/=1.7% NaCl) from healthy Senegalese living at Dielmo and N'diop, two villages in Senegal.

Keywords: taxonogenomics; Culturomics; human gut microbiota; new species; halophilic species

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology

B. Senghor, E. H. Seck, S. Khelaifia, H. Bassene, C. Sokhna, et al.. Description of 'Bacillus dakarensis' sp. nov., 'Bacillus sinesaloumensis' sp. nov., 'Gracilibacillus timonensis' sp. nov., 'Halobacillus massiliensis' sp. nov., 'Lentibacillus massiliensis' sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus senegalensis' sp. nov., 'Oceanobacillus timonensis' sp. nov., 'Virgibacillus dakarensis' sp. nov. and 'Virgibacillus marseillensis' sp. nov., nine halophilic new species isolated from human stool.. New Microbes and New Infections, 2017, 17, pp.45--51. ⟨10.1016/j.nmni.2017.01.010⟩. ⟨hal-01795982⟩