Genome of a Gut Strain of Bacillus subtilis.

ABSTRACT: Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium. We present the genome sequence of an undomesticated strain, BSP1, isolated from poultry. The sequence of the BSP1 genome supports the view that B. subtilis has a biphasic lifestyle, cycling between the soil and the animal gastrointestinal tract, and it provides molecular-level insight into the adaptation of B. subtilis to life under laboratory conditions.

SUBMITTER: Schyns G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3569322 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature