High-quality-draft genomic sequence of Paenibacillus ferrarius CY1T 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 (SO₄^2-) 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 (Se⁰), 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.