Draft Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus sp. Strain MSt1 with Broad Antimicrobial Activity, Isolated from Malaysian Tropical Peat Swamp Soil

Yoong Kit Aw; Kuan Shion Ong; Catherine M Yule; Han Ming Gan; Sui Mae Lee

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01024-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus sp. Strain MSt1 with Broad Antimicrobial Activity, Isolated from Malaysian Tropical Peat Swamp Soil

Genome Announc. 2014 Oct 9;2(5):e01024-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01024-14.

Authors

Yoong Kit Aw¹, Kuan Shion Ong², Catherine M Yule², Han Ming Gan², Sui Mae Lee²

Affiliations

¹ School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia ykaw11@student.monash.edu.
² School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Paenibacillus sp. strain MSt1, which has broad-range antimicrobial activity, isolated from tropical peat swamp soil. Genes involved in antimicrobial biosynthesis are found to be present in this genome.