the 16s r rna gene sequences were deposited in genbank under the following accession numbers :  bacillus dakarensis marseille - p3515 ( lt671589 ) ,  bacillus sinesaloumensis marseille - p3516 ( lt671591 ) , halobacillus massiliensis marseille - p3554 ( lt671593 ) , lentibacillus massiliensis marseille - p3089 ( lt598549 ) ,  oceanobacillus senegalensis marseille - p3587 ( lt714172 )  oceanobacillus timonensis marseille - p3532 ( lt671597 ) ,  virgibacillus dakarensis marseille - p3469 ( lt631544 ) and  virgibacillus marseillensis marseille - p3610 ( lt714170 ) . the strains were deposited in the collection de souches de lunit des rickettsies ( csur , wdcm 875 ) under numbers  bacillus dakarensis marseille - p3515 ( p3515 ) ,  bacillus sinesaloumensis marseille - p3516 ( p3516 ) ,  gracilibacillus timonensis marseille - p2481 ( p2248 ) ,  halobacillus massiliensis p3554 ( p3354 ) ,  lentibacillus massiliensis marseille - p3089 ( p3089 ) , virgibacillus dakarensis marseille - p3469 ( p3469 ) and  virgibacillus marseillensis marseille - p3610 ( p3610 ) .
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 ndiop , two villages in senegal .