Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium Type Strain ATCC 14581

Gitanjali Arya; Nicholas Petronella; Jennifer Crosthwait; Catherine D Carrillo; Philip S Shwed

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01124-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus megaterium Type Strain ATCC 14581

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 13;2(6):e01124-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01124-14.

Authors

Gitanjali Arya¹, Nicholas Petronella², Jennifer Crosthwait¹, Catherine D Carrillo³, Philip S Shwed⁴

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, HECSB, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, HECSB, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada phil.shwed@hc-sc.gc.ca.

Abstract

Bacillus megaterium is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium of biotechnological importance. Here, we report a 5.7-Mbp draft genome sequence of B. megaterium ATCC 14581, which is the type strain of the species.