Genome Sequence of Salt-Tolerant Bacillus safensis Strain VK, Isolated from Saline Desert Area of Gujarat, India

V V Kothari; R K Kothari; C R Kothari; V D Bhatt; N M Nathani; P G Koringa; C G Joshi; B R M Vyas

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00671-13

Genome Sequence of Salt-Tolerant Bacillus safensis Strain VK, Isolated from Saline Desert Area of Gujarat, India

Genome Announc. 2013 Sep 5;1(5):e00671-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00671-13.

Authors

V V Kothari¹, R K Kothari, C R Kothari, V D Bhatt, N M Nathani, P G Koringa, C G Joshi, B R M Vyas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.

Abstract

Bacillus safensis strain VK was isolated from the rhizosphere of a cumin plant growing in the saline desert of Radhanpar, Gujarat, India. Here, we provide the 3.68-Mb draft genome sequence of B. safensis VK, which might provide information about the salt tolerance and genes encoding enzymes for the strain's plant growth-promoting potential.