Draft Genome Sequences of 12 Dry-Heat-Resistant Bacillus Strains Isolated from the Cleanrooms Where the Viking Spacecraft Were Assembled

Arman Seuylemezian; Kerry Cooper; Wayne Schubert; Parag Vaishampayan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00094-18

Draft Genome Sequences of 12 Dry-Heat-Resistant Bacillus Strains Isolated from the Cleanrooms Where the Viking Spacecraft Were Assembled

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 22;6(12):e00094-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00094-18.

Authors

Arman Seuylemezian¹, Kerry Cooper², Wayne Schubert¹, Parag Vaishampayan³

Affiliations

¹ Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.
² College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
³ Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA vaishamp@jpl.nasa.gov.

Abstract

Spore-forming microorganisms are of concern for forward contamination because they can survive harsh interplanetary travel. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 12 spore-forming strains isolated from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Cape Canaveral, FL, where the Viking spacecraft were assembled.