sp. nov., sp. nov. and sp. nov., isolated from faeces of eastern grey squirrel ().

One novel strain (SQ9-PEA) and two novel strains (SQ8-PEA and GRT3) were isolated from faeces of a wild eastern grey squirrel. The strains were non-spore-forming, non-motile Gram-positive cocci, facultative anaerobes. The genomes for these strains were sequenced. The 16S rRNA gene and core-genome-based phylogenetic analyses showed that strain SQ9-PEA was closely related to , strain SQ8-PEA to and , and strain GRT3 to , and . Average nucleotide identity and pairwise digital DNA-DNA hybridization values calculated for these novel strains compared to type strain genomes of phylogenetically related species within the genera and clearly revealed that strain SQ9-PEA represents a novel species of the genus and strains SQ8-PEA and GRT3 represent two novel species of the genus . Phenotypical features of these novel type strains differed from the features of the type strains of other phylogenetically related species. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry supported identification of these novel species. Based on these data, we propose one novel species of the genus , for which the name sp. nov. with the type strain SQ9-PEA (=DSM 114656=CCUG 76426=NCTC 14727) is proposed, and two novel species of the genus , for which the names sp. nov. with the type strain SQ8-PEA (=DSM 114685=CCUG 76423=NCTC 14723) and sp. nov. with the type strain GRT3 (=DSM 114696=CCUG 76427=NCTC 14722) are proposed. The genome G+C contents are 38.29, 36.49 and 37.26 mol% and complete draft genome sizes are 1 692 266, 2 371 088 and 2 237 001 bp for strains SQ9-PEA, SQ8-PEA and GRT3, respectively.