Siena College 2022 MRA Genome Announcement Narrative - 6 Isolates

Soil bacteria and endospore forming bacteria in particular play critical environmental roles in biomass degradation, plant health, and many have also been sources for commercially important secondary metabolites including antibiotics. Sequencing multiple isolates of known species also can identify new genes and gene clusters not found in other members of the same species, increasing our understanding of microbial diversity.

土壤细菌，尤其是产芽孢细菌（endospore-forming bacteria），在生物质降解、植物健康维护等关键环境过程中发挥着核心作用；同时此类细菌中的不少类群，还是包括抗生素在内的具有商业价值的次级代谢产物的重要来源。对已知物种的多株分离菌株进行测序，还可发掘出该物种其他成员所不具备的新基因与基因簇，从而加深我们对微生物多样性的认知。