Whole-Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis WS1A, a Promising Fish Probiotic Strain Isolated from Marine Sponge of the Bay of Bengal.
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SUBMITTER: Rahman MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7516141 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
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Whole-Genome Sequence of Bacillus subtilis WS1A, a Promising Fish Probiotic Strain Isolated from Marine Sponge of the Bay of Bengal.
Rahman M Mahbubur MM Paul Sulav Indra SI Akter Tasmina T Tay Alfred Chin Yen ACY Foysal M Javed MJ Islam M Tofazzal MT
Microbiology resource announcements 20200924 39
This study reports the draft genome sequence of a promising fish probiotic, <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> strain WS1A, that possesses antimicrobial activity against <i>Aeromonas veronii</i> and suppressed motile <i>Aeromonas</i> septicemia in <i>Labeo rohita</i> The <i>de novo</i> assembly resulted in an estimated chromosome size of 4,148,460 bp, with 4,288 open reading frames. ...[more]
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