title: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Streptococcus varani sp. nov.
abstract: Strain FF10(T) (= CSUR P1489 = DSM 100884) was isolated from the oral cavity of a lizard (Varanus niloticus) in Dakar, Senegal. Here we used a polyphasic study including phenotypic and genomic analyses to describe the strain FF10(T). Results support strain FF10(T) being a Gram-positive coccus, facultative anaerobic bacterium, catalase-negative, non-motile and non-spore forming. The sequenced genome counts 2.46 Mb with one chromosome but no plasmid. It exhibits a G+C content of 40.4% and contains 2471 protein-coding and 45 RNA genes. On the basis of these data, we propose the creation of Streptococcus varani sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakour
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rathored
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France; Campus international UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France; Campus international UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beye
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ehounoud
authors.affiliation: Equipe Emergence et Co-évolution Virale, UMR 7268 - Aix-Marseille Université/ EFS / CNRS, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France; Campus international UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, Faculté de médecine, Marseille cedex 05, France; Campus international UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fenollar
keywords: Culturomics; Streptococcus varani; Varanus niloticus; genome; taxonogenomics