Virgibacillus ihumii sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from the stool of healthy African children. (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Camara, A.; Konate, S.; Lo, C.I.; Kuete, E.; Sarr, M.; Amsrtong, N.; Niare, S.; Thera, M.A.; Fenollar, F.; Raoult, D.; Million, M.
• Is Part Of: New microbes and new infections. Volume 38(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Culturomics -- Mali -- severe acute malnutrition -- taxonogenomics -- Virgibacillus ihumii sp. nov.; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100790
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2052-2975

Abstract

Abstract: 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.