Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain X and Salarachaeum sp. strain III isolated from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Ermias Sissay Balcha; Karen Olsson-Francis; Ben Stephens; Barbara Cavalazzi; Adugna Abdi Woldesemayat; Mesfin Tafesse Gemeda; Michael C Macey

doi:10.1128/mra.01260-23

Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain X and Salarachaeum sp. strain III isolated from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Mar 12;13(3):e0126023. doi: 10.1128/mra.01260-23. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Authors

Ermias Sissay Balcha^#^{1

2}, Karen Olsson-Francis³, Ben Stephens³, Barbara Cavalazzi^{4

5}, Adugna Abdi Woldesemayat², Mesfin Tafesse Gemeda², Michael C Macey^#³

Affiliations

¹ School of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
² Department of Biotechnology, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ AstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of strains of Bacillus and Salarachaeum that were isolated from hypersaline water samples collected from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. The sequences pave the way for more targeted studies into the potential biological activities and secondary metabolite synthesis of these organisms.

Keywords: Lake Karum; extreme environments; genome sequences.