Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali

A moderately halophilic and strictly aerobic bacterium was isolated from a human stool as part of a study on the diagnosis of childhood malnutrition in Mali. Strain Marseille-Q1616T is a Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative bacterium. It has a genome size of 3.91 M...

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Main Authors: S. Konate, A. Camara, C.I. Lo, M. Tidjani Alou, A. Hamidou Togo, S. Niare, N. Armstrong, A. Djimdé, M.A. Thera, F. Fenollar, D. Raoult, M. Million
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spelling doaj-54b57c0dabe64dd493734d58af2281ba2021-07-31T04:38:55ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752021-07-0142100890Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in MaliS. Konate0A. Camara1C.I. Lo2M. Tidjani Alou3A. Hamidou Togo4S. Niare5N. Armstrong6A. Djimdé7M.A. Thera8F. Fenollar9D. Raoult10M. Million11Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France; Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliAix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France; Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliIHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France; Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, FranceAix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, FranceUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliAix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, FranceUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, MaliIHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France; Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, FranceAix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, FranceAix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France; Corresponding author: M. Million, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, 19–21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille cedex 05, France.A moderately halophilic and strictly aerobic bacterium was isolated from a human stool as part of a study on the diagnosis of childhood malnutrition in Mali. Strain Marseille-Q1616T is a Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative bacterium. It has a genome size of 3.91 Mbp with 39.79% G+C content, which contains 3954 protein-coding genes including genes encoding phosphomycin resistance and Listeria monocytogenes, 16 rRNA genes and 64 tRNA genes. Strain Marseille-Q1616T exhibited a 96.3% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and shared an OrthoANI value of 70.64% (the highest observed) with Virgibacillus kekensis, the phylogenetically closest validly published species. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence and genomic average nucleotide identity values, we suggest the creation of a new species within the Virgibacillus genus, named Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., type strain Marseille-Q1616T (= CSURQ1616).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297521000548Child malnutritionculturomicsMalitaxonogenomicsVirgibacillus doumboii sp. nov.
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author S. Konate
A. Camara
C.I. Lo
M. Tidjani Alou
A. Hamidou Togo
S. Niare
N. Armstrong
A. Djimdé
M.A. Thera
F. Fenollar
D. Raoult
M. Million
spellingShingle S. Konate
A. Camara
C.I. Lo
M. Tidjani Alou
A. Hamidou Togo
S. Niare
N. Armstrong
A. Djimdé
M.A. Thera
F. Fenollar
D. Raoult
M. Million
Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
New Microbes and New Infections
Child malnutrition
culturomics
Mali
taxonogenomics
Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov.
author_facet S. Konate
A. Camara
C.I. Lo
M. Tidjani Alou
A. Hamidou Togo
S. Niare
N. Armstrong
A. Djimdé
M.A. Thera
F. Fenollar
D. Raoult
M. Million
author_sort S. Konate
title Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
title_short Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
title_full Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
title_fullStr Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
title_full_unstemmed Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in Mali
title_sort virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy child in mali
publisher Elsevier
series New Microbes and New Infections
issn 2052-2975
publishDate 2021-07-01
description A moderately halophilic and strictly aerobic bacterium was isolated from a human stool as part of a study on the diagnosis of childhood malnutrition in Mali. Strain Marseille-Q1616T is a Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative bacterium. It has a genome size of 3.91 Mbp with 39.79% G+C content, which contains 3954 protein-coding genes including genes encoding phosphomycin resistance and Listeria monocytogenes, 16 rRNA genes and 64 tRNA genes. Strain Marseille-Q1616T exhibited a 96.3% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and shared an OrthoANI value of 70.64% (the highest observed) with Virgibacillus kekensis, the phylogenetically closest validly published species. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence and genomic average nucleotide identity values, we suggest the creation of a new species within the Virgibacillus genus, named Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov., type strain Marseille-Q1616T (= CSURQ1616).
topic Child malnutrition
culturomics
Mali
taxonogenomics
Virgibacillus doumboii sp. nov.
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297521000548
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