Genome Sequence of Geobacillus sp. Strain ZGt-1, an Antibacterial Peptide-Producing Bacterium from Hot Springs in Jordan

Rawana N Alkhalili; Rajni Hatti-Kaul; Björn Canbäck

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00799-15

Genome Sequence of Geobacillus sp. Strain ZGt-1, an Antibacterial Peptide-Producing Bacterium from Hot Springs in Jordan

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 23;3(4):e00799-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00799-15.

Authors

Rawana N Alkhalili¹, Rajni Hatti-Kaul², Björn Canbäck³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden rawana.alkhalili@biotek.lu.se.
² Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
³ Department of Biology, Microbial Ecology Group, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract

This paper reports the draft genome sequence of the firmicute Geobacillus sp. strain ZGt-1, an antibacterial peptide producer isolated from the Zara hot spring in Jordan. This study is the first report on genomic data from a thermophilic bacterial strain isolated in Jordan.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom