High-quality-draft genomic sequence of Paenibacillus ferrarius CY1(T) with the potential to bioremediate Cd, Cr and Se contamination

Paenibacillus ferrarius CY1(T) (= KCTC 33419(T) = CCTCC AB2013369(T)) is a Gram-positive, aerobic, endospore-forming, motile and rod-shaped bacterium isolated from iron mineral soil. This bacterium reduces sulfate (SO(4) (2−)) to S(2−), which reacts with Cd(II) to generate precipitated CdS. It also reduces the toxic chromate [Cr(VI)] and selenite [Se(VI)] to the less bioavailable chromite [Cr(III)] and selenium (Se(0)), respectively. Thus, strain CY1(T) has the potential to bioremediate Cd, Cr and Se contamination, which is the main reason for the interest in sequencing its genome. Here we describe the features of strain CY1(T), together with the draft genome sequence and its annotation. The 9,184,169 bp long genome exhibits a G + C content of 45.6%, 7909 protein-coding genes and 81 RNA genes. Nine putative Se(IV)-reducing genes, five putative Cr(VI) reductase and nine putative sulfate-reducing genes were identified in the genome.