Jonesiaceae bacterium BS-20 Genome sequencing. Jonesiaceae bacterium BS-20

Characterizing mammalian microbiomes has important implications for the health and disease of the host organism and agriculture/industry. Bats (Chiroptera) are short-gut mammals. There is a paucity of cultured organisms and the isolation and cultivation of gut-associated taxa in bats. This bacterium was isolated from the fecal material of a bat guano pile from a cave in Protem, Missouri.