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

Abstract 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 (≥1.7% NaCl) from healthy Senegalese living at Dielmo and N'diop, two villages in Senegal.