Draft genome assembly dataset of four prospective probiotic Bifidobacterium strains

Draft genome sequences dataset of four Bifidobacterium strains is presented. Genomic DNA was isolated from pure cultures of four Bifidobacterium strains from Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM): B. adolescentis VKPM=Ac-1245, B. bifidum VKPM=Ac-1579, B. longum subsp. longum VKPM=Ac-1635, B. bifidum VKPM=Ac-1784. Genome sequencing was performed on Illumina Miseq system. De novo genome assembly and annotation was made using ZGA pipeline (https://github.com/laxeye/zga/) and resulted in four high-quality draft genomes with high completeness and low contamination levels. Genes related to utilization of human milk oligosaccharides and mucin were identified as well as bite salt hydrolase. Genome of B. bifidum VKPM=Ac-1784 showed presence of two putative bacteriocin gene clusters.