Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus and Paenibacillus Species Isolated from Seeds of Citrullus lanata (Watermelon), Cucurbita moschata (Butternut Squash), and Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo L. (Pumpkin)

Eman M Khalaf; Manish N Raizada

doi:10.1128/MRA.00727-20

Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus and Paenibacillus Species Isolated from Seeds of Citrullus lanata (Watermelon), Cucurbita moschata (Butternut Squash), and Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo L. (Pumpkin)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Aug 20;9(34):e00727-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00727-20.

Authors

Eman M Khalaf^{1

2}, Manish N Raizada³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada emankhalaf@pharm.dmu.edu.eg.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
³ Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

Here, we announce the draft genome sequences of four endophytic bacilli isolated from surface-sterilized seeds of three cucurbit species, Bacillus sp. strains EKM417B and EKM420B (from Citrullus lanata [watermelon]) and EKM501B (from Cucurbita moschata [butternut squash]) and Paenibacillus sp. strain EKM301P (from Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo L. [pumpkin]). These strains previously demonstrated biostimulant and biocontrol activities.