Draft Genome Sequences of 10 Bacillus subtilis Strains That Form Spores with High or Low Heat Resistance

Erwin M Berendsen; Marjon H J Wells-Bennik; Antonina O Krawczyk; Anne de Jong; Auke van Heel; Robyn T Eijlander; Oscar P Kuipers

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00124-16

Draft Genome Sequences of 10 Bacillus subtilis Strains That Form Spores with High or Low Heat Resistance

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 17;4(2):e00124-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00124-16.

Authors

Erwin M Berendsen¹, Marjon H J Wells-Bennik², Antonina O Krawczyk³, Anne de Jong³, Auke van Heel⁴, Robyn T Eijlander³, Oscar P Kuipers⁵

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands NIZO food research, Ede, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
² NIZO food research, Ede, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands o.p.kuipers@rug.nl.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 10 isolates of Bacillus subtilis, a spore forming Gram-positive bacterium. The strains were selected from food products and produced spores with either high or low heat resistance.