Draft genome sequence of Bacillus cereus CITVM-11.1, a strain exhibiting interesting antifungal activities.

JAVIER CABALLERO; CECILIA PERALTA; ANTONELLA MOLLA; ELEODORO E. DEL VALLE; PRIMITIVO CABALLERO; COLIN BERRY; VERÓNICA FELIPE; PABLO M. YAYURA; LEOPOLDO PALMA*

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

KARGER

Lugar: Basel; Año: 2018 vol. 28 p. 47 - 51

1464-1801

Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium possessing an important and historical record as human-pathogenic bacterium. However, several strains of this species exhibit an interesting potential to be used as plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus cereus strainCITVM-11.1, which consists of 37 contig sequences accounting for 5,746,486 bp, with a GC content of 34.8% and 5,752 predicted protein-coding sequences. Several of them could potentially be involved in plant-bacterium interactions and may contribute to the strong antagonistic activity shown by this strain against the charcoal rot fungus Macrophomina phaseolina. This genomic sequence also showed a number of genes that may confer to this strain resistance against several polluting heavy metals and for thebioconversion of mycotoxins.