Isolation, Identification, Whole-Genome Sequencing, and Annotation of Four Bacillus Species, B. anthracis RIT375, B. circulans RIT379, B. altitudinis RIT380, and B. megaterium RIT381, from Internal Stem Tissue of the Insulin Plant Costus igneus

Steven J Polter; Alexander A Caraballo; Yin P Lee; Wilhelm W H Eng; Han M Gan; Matthew S Wheatley; Michael A Savka; Bolaji N Thomas; André O Hudson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00847-15

Isolation, Identification, Whole-Genome Sequencing, and Annotation of Four Bacillus Species, B. anthracis RIT375, B. circulans RIT379, B. altitudinis RIT380, and B. megaterium RIT381, from Internal Stem Tissue of the Insulin Plant Costus igneus

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 30;3(4):e00847-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00847-15.

Authors

Steven J Polter¹, Alexander A Caraballo², Yin P Lee³, Wilhelm W H Eng³, Han M Gan³, Matthew S Wheatley¹, Michael A Savka¹, Bolaji N Thomas², André O Hudson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.
² College of Health Science and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.
³ Monash University Malaysia Genomics Facility, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁴ Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA aohsbi@rit.edu.

Abstract

Here, we report the isolation, identification, whole-genome sequencing, and annotation of four Bacillus species from internal stem tissue of the insulin plant Costus igneus, grown in Puerto Rico. The plant is of medicinal importance, as extracts from its leaves have been shown to lower blood sugar levels of hyperglycemic rats.