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

• Main Authors: B. Senghor, E.H. Seck, S. Khelaifia, H. Bassène, C. Sokhna, P.-E. Fournier, D. Raoult, J.-C. Lagier
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
• Series: New Microbes and New Infections
• Subjects: Culturomics; halophilic species; human gut microbiota; new species; taxonogenomics
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297517300100
• ISSN: 2052-2975

We report the main characteristics of ‘Bacillus dakarensis’ P3515T sp. nov., ‘Bacillus sinesaloumensis’ P3516T sp. nov., ‘Gracilibacillus timonensis’ P2481T sp. nov., ‘Halobacillus massiliensis’ P3554T sp. nov., ‘Lentibacillus massiliensis’ P3089T sp. nov., ‘Oceanobacillus senegalensis’ P3587T sp. nov., ‘Oceanobacillus timonensis’ P3532T sp. nov., ‘Virgibacillus dakarensis’ P3469T sp. nov. and ‘Virgibacillus marseillensis’ P3610T sp. nov., that were isolated in 2016 from salty stool samples (≥1.7% NaCl) from healthy Senegalese living at Dielmo and N’diop, two villages in Senegal.