Virgibacillus ihumii sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the stool of healthy African children.

During a case-control study on severe acute malnutrition, strain Marseille-Q1233 was isolated. It is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and halophilic bacillus isolated from a stool sample of Malian child under the age of 5. The fatty acid profile of the strain consisted of C15:0-anteiso and C14:0-iso as major components. Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity calculation showed 23.10% and 80.81% similarity respectively between strain Marseille-Q1233 and Virgibacillus siamensis strain Marseille-P2607, the phylogenetically closely related species with standing in nomenclature. On the basis of these results, we report the description of Virgibacillus ihumii sp. nov. strain Marseille-Q1233 as a new bacterial species.

Halobacillus ihumii sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from stool of healthy children living in Mali.

Strain Marseille-Q1234T is a new species from the genus Halobacillus that was isolated in 2019 from a stool sample in a healthy Malian child <5 years old. Cells are Gram-positive and strictly halophilic bacilli. Strain Marseille-Q1234T exhibits 98.46% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Halobacillus naozhouensis strain JSM 071068T (NR_116505.1), the phylogenetically closely related species with standing in nomenclature. Based on the phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, OrthoANI values and results of the biochemical tests, the new species is named Halobacillus ihumii sp. nov., for which strain Marseille-Q1234T (= CSURQ1234) is proposed as the type strain.

Corynebacterium senegalense sp. nov. and Arthrobacter senegalensis sp. nov., two new Actinobacteria isolated from skin swab from the palm of hand.

Corynebacterium senegalense strain Marseille-P4329T (= CSURP4329) and Arthrobacter senegalensis strain Marseille-P4329T (= CSURP4198) are new species first isolated from human skin. A culturomics approach and taxonogenomics methods were used for these new bacterial species.

Selenomonas felix sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human sputum.

Selenomonas felix strain Marseille-P3560T (=CSURP3560) is a new species isolated from human sputum.

Brachybacterium timonense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from human sputum.

Brachybacterium timonense strain Marseille-P4339T (=CSURP4339, =CECT9821) is a new species isolated from human sputum.

Lactimicrobium massiliense gen. nov., sp. nov.; Anaerolactibacter massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov.; Galactobacillus timonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidipropionibacterium timonense sp. nov. isolated from breast milk from healthy breastfeeding African women.

Four strains isolated by microbial culturomics from breast milk of healthy mothers from Mali were not identified and characterized by taxono-genomics. This led us to propose the new genera and species Lactimicrobium massiliense, Anaerolactibacter massiliensis and Galactobacillus timonensis containing type strain Marseille-P4301T (CSUR P4301T), Marseille-P4302T (CSUR P4302T) and Marseille-P4641T (CSUR P4641T), respectively. The strain Marseille-P4482 represents a novel species, Acidipropionibacterium timonense, in a previously known genus with type strain being Marseille-P4482T (CSUR P4482T).