Draft Genome Sequence of the Biofilm-Producing Bacillus subtilis Strain B-1, Isolated from an Oil Field

S Kesel; F Moormann; I Gümperlein; A Mader; M Morikawa; O Lieleg; M Opitz

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01163-14

Draft Genome Sequence of the Biofilm-Producing Bacillus subtilis Strain B-1, Isolated from an Oil Field

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 11;2(6):e01163-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01163-14.

Authors

S Kesel¹, F Moormann¹, I Gümperlein¹, A Mader¹, M Morikawa², O Lieleg³, M Opitz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Center for NanoScience, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
² Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
³ Institute for Medical Engineering IMETUM and Department for Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
⁴ Center for NanoScience, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany opitz@physik.uni-muenchen.de.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequence of the Bacillus subtilis strain B-1, a strain known to form biofilms. The biofilm matrix mainly consists of the biopolymer γ-polyglutamate (γ-PGA). The sequence of the genome of this strain allows the study of specific genes involved in biofilm formation.