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Joseph Adelskov1, Bharat K C Patel2
1Microbial Gene Research and Resources Facility, School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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|October 4, 2014
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The analysis of the 4.1-Mb draft genome sequence of a moderately thermophilic, heterotrophic, and facultatively anaerobic bacterium, Bacillus subtilis strain D7XPN1, identified genes for a range of enzymes with potential in the biodegradation of food waste, a property consistent with the ecological habitat of the isolate.
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