Draft Genome Sequences of Eight Bacilli Isolated from an Ancient Roman Amphora

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Jul 21;11(7):e0028022. doi: 10.1128/mra.00280-22. Epub 2022 May 31.

Abstract

Paleomicrobiology, the study of ancient microbiological material, allows us to understand different evolutionary phenomena in bacteria. In this study, eight bacilli isolated from an ancient Roman amphora, which dates to the IV to V sec. AD, were sequenced and functionally annotated.