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Rachel Hashuel1, Eran Gutman1, Yael Litvak1
1Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus Givat-Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
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We present the genomic sequences of 10 spore-forming bacteria from the Bacillaceae family isolated from fecal samples of mice residing in the Tisch Family Biblical Zoo, Jerusalem. These isolates suggest Bacillus bacteria are a native component of rodent gut flora, facilitating further research into gut colonization and microbiome diversity.
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