Draft genome sequence of an endophytic bacterium, Paenibacillus tyrfis strain SUK123, isolated from Santiria apiculata stem

Abstract

Here we report the draft genome sequence of an endophytic Paenibacillus tyrfis strain isolated from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia reserve forest, Malaysia. The genome size was approximately 8.04 Mb, and the assembly consisted of 107 scaffolds with 168 contigs, and had a G + C content of 53%. Phylogenetic analysis of strain SUK123 using the 16S rRNA gene revealed that it belonged to the family Paenibacillaceae with the highest similarity to Paenibacillus elgii SDT (99%). Whole genome comparison of SUK123 with related species using average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis revealed a similarity of 98% to Paenibacillus tyrfis Mst1T, 94% to Paenibacillus elgii B69T, 91% to Paenibacillus ehimensis A2T, 68% to Paenibacillus polymyxa SC2T and 69% to Paenibacillus alvei DMS29T. The draft genome was deposited at the European Nucleotide Archive (PRJEB21373).

Isolation, identification, and characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria, Paenibacillus sp., from the soil of Danum Valley Tropical Rainforest, Sabah, Malaysia

“…Meanwhile, Gram-negative Paenibacillus, a member of the Firmicutes phylum, has been found in a variety of environmental studies, including animals and fish, palm oil waste, and plants. Interestingly, only a few species of the Paenibacillus genus have been isolated from forest soil, especially in the tropical regions (Ina-Salwany et al 2015;Grady et al 2016;Chin et al 2017;Haruna et al 2017;Huang et al 2017;Kim et al 2021). Gram-positive Staphylococcus on the other hand is likely to be found in an animal's intestinal tract instead of the environmental samples.…”