# Seven draft genomes for halophilic bacteria from samples in Northern California

**Authors:** Hannah Starcevich, Kush Narang, Abhineet Ram, Sinead C. Archdeacon, Luna Browne, Lily Chen, Avni Duda, Alexander Guess, Zachary Hom, Claire Hsieh, Jion Hwang, Tanish Iyer, Vishista Jain, Emily Jarvinen, Karen Kee, Guadalupe Lauro, Bao Ngoc Le, Gabrielle Lewis, Yicheng Lou, Tien Ly, Rhea Manjunath, Li Meinhold, Adam Mhassen, Adyasha Padhi, Erick Quintana, Cara Razma, Natalya Rosental, Johnnie Runyon, Madison Sparks, Jonathan Sunkari, Joanne Szeto, Chloe Tannous, Camila Sanudo Thomas, Rafael Vasquez-Chan, Luis Lopez Vera, Alexis Vlavianos, Ariel Wang, Sophia Warnock, Zifeng Xu, Taixiang Yang, Rui Yu, Samuel Zaki, Devan Murphy, Carolyn K. Teragawa, Andrew I. Yao, John G. Albeck, Jessica Lumian, Alex S. Nord, William Hemstrom

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/mra.00192-25 · 2026-01-30

## TL;DR

This paper presents seven new draft genomes of salt-loving bacteria found in Northern California, aiming to improve understanding of halophilic organisms.

## Contribution

The study provides new genomic data for seven previously unstudied halophilic bacterial species.

## Key findings

- Seven halophilic bacterial genomes were sequenced from Northern California samples.
- These genomes contribute to the growing database of halophilic bacteria for industrial and biotechnical research.

## Abstract

Halophiles, extremophiles that live in high-salinity environments, are critical to a range of industrial and biotechnical processes but are relatively understudied. To help build a better understanding of halophilic genomes, we sequenced the genomes of seven halophilic bacterial species from Northern California.

## Full-text entities

- **Chemicals:** NaCl (MESH:D012965), DSMZ medium (-), salt (MESH:D012492)
- **Species:** Escherichia coli K1 (strain) [taxon 1392869], Halomonas (genus) [taxon 2745], Halobacillus (genus) [taxon 45667], Escherichia coli K-12 (strain) [taxon 83333], Staphylococcus (genus) [taxon 1279]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12981090