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Whole-genome sequencing of Paenibacillus phoenicis isolated from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft assembly facility
Andrew Garcia1,2, Romar Rivera1, Anna C Simpson1,3
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
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Abstract:
The genome of Paenibacillus phoenicis, a spore-forming bacterium isolated from the spacecraft assembly facility of the Phoenix mission, was generated via hybrid assembly by merging short and long reads. Examining this genome may shed light on strategies to minimize the risk of contaminating extraterrestrial environments with Earth-based microorganisms.

