Draft genome sequencing data of the moderately halophilic bacterium, Allobacillus halotolerans SKP2-8 from shrimp paste (ka-pi)

A moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-positive, spore-forming rod-shaped bacterium, designated SKP2-8 was isolated from a traditional fermented shrimp paste ( Ka-pi ) collected from the market in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. This isolate SKP2-8 was closely related to Allobacillus halotolerans LMG 24826 T with 99.56% similarity based on 16S rRNA gene se-quence. The draft genome of SKP2-8 was 2.53 Mb with 2,515 coding sequences with an average G + C content of 39.5 mol%. The ANIb, ANIm, AAI and the digital DNA-DNA hybridiza-tion values of isolate SKP2-8 were 97.22%, 97.64%, 97.75% and 78.0%, respectively, compared with A. halotolerans LMG 24826 T . Based on the phenotypic characteristics, DNA-DNA relatedness and phylogenomic analysis, it was identified as Allobacillus halotolerans. The genome sequence data of this isolate provide information for further analysis of the poten-tial biotechnological use of this microorganism and guide the characterization. The draft genome was deposited at DDBJ/ EMBL/GenBank (DNA Databank of Japan/European Molecular Biology Laboratory/Genbank) (VMHF00000000).(c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)