Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus LCR12, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Isolated from a Heavy Metal-Contaminated Environment

Eleonora Egidi; Jennifer L Wood; Elizabeth Mathews; Edward Fox; Wuxing Liu; Ashley E Franks

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01041-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus LCR12, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Isolated from a Heavy Metal-Contaminated Environment

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 29;4(5):e01041-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01041-16.

Authors

Eleonora Egidi¹, Jennifer L Wood¹, Elizabeth Mathews¹, Edward Fox², Wuxing Liu³, Ashley E Franks⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
² CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Werribee, Victoria, Australia.
³ Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China.
⁴ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia [email protected].

Abstract

Bacillus cereus LCR12 is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium, isolated from a heavy metal-contaminated environment. The 6.01-Mb annotated genome sequence provides the genetic basis for revealing its potential application to remediate contaminated soils in association with plants.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.