Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. strain YC2, an Isolate from the South African Medicinal Plant Pelargonium sidoides

Aza Z Mqulwa; Wai Yin Chan; Lauren A du Toit; Kim M Trollope; Heinrich Volschenk

doi:10.1128/mra.00879-21

Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. strain YC2, an Isolate from the South African Medicinal Plant Pelargonium sidoides

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Apr 21;11(4):e0087921. doi: 10.1128/mra.00879-21. Epub 2022 Mar 28.

Authors

Aza Z Mqulwa¹, Wai Yin Chan^{2

3}, Lauren A du Toit¹, Kim M Trollope¹, Heinrich Volschenk¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM) and Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ National Institute for Communicable Disease, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

A rhizosphere-associated Bacillus species was isolated from Pelargonium sidoides DC (Geraniaceae) tubers, whose commercial extracts are used in respiratory tract infection treatment. Genomic data for Bacillus isolates associated with Pelargonium sidoides is lacking. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain YC2.

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