Description of Ornithinibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a child with marasmus Iwaza, R. Abou Chacra, L. Ibrahim, A. Pham, T. P. T. Lo, C. I. /Tidjani Alou, Maryam /Sokhna, Cheikh Raoult, D. Lagier, J. C. A Gram-positive, aerobic, motile, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from a stool sample of a child with marasmus. The 16S rRNA gene showed that strain Marseille-P3601(T) exhibited 98.68% sequence identity with Ornithinibacillus scapharcae strain TW25. The genomic DNA G+C contents of this strain was 36.9 mol%. The fatty acid profiles of the strain were iso/anteiso branched structures. The highest DDH value was 20.6%, shared with O. californiensis, amongst its closest strain phylogenetically. Based on the phylogenetic position and the genomic, morphological, and biochemical properties, strain Marseille-P3601(T) (=CSUR P3601=CCUG 71291) represents a novel species in the genus Ornithinibacillus, for which the name Ornithinibacillus massiliensis sp. nov. is proposed. 2022 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085863 fdi:010085863 Iwaza R., Abou Chacra L., Ibrahim A., Pham T. P. T., Lo C. I., Tidjani Alou Maryam, Sokhna Cheikh, Raoult D., Lagier J. C.. Description of Ornithinibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from a child with marasmus. 2022, 79 (9), 262 [6 p.] EN