Complete Genome Sequence of an Environmental Bacillus cereus Isolate Belonging to the Bacillus anthracis Clade

Leonid M Irenge; Bertrand Bearzatto; Jérôme Ambroise; Jean-Luc Gala

doi:10.1128/MRA.00917-20

Complete Genome Sequence of an Environmental Bacillus cereus Isolate Belonging to the Bacillus anthracis Clade

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 19;9(47):e00917-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00917-20.

Authors

Leonid M Irenge^{1

2}, Bertrand Bearzatto¹, Jérôme Ambroise¹, Jean-Luc Gala³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
² Defence Laboratories Department, ACOS Ops & Trg, Belgian Armed Forces, Peutie, Belgium.
³ Center for Applied Molecular Technologies, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium jean-luc.gala@uclouvain.be.

Abstract

We report here the complete genome sequence of a Bacillus cereus isolate identified in a soil sample from Namibia. This isolate is closely related to the B. anthracis clade. While the plasmids (500 and 12 kb) carry no detectable B. anthracis virulence gene, the large plasmid shares a 50-kb continuous region similar to plasmid pXO1.