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Genomes for halophilic bacteria with potential contamination, sampled from Northern California in 2021

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Nov 25, 2024 version files 18.12 MB

Abstract

UC Davis offers an undergraduate research course (BIS 23A/B) designed to teach new students the basics about wet-lab experimentation. The course aims to serve as a gentle introduction to academia. In the 2021/2022 iteration of the course, students sampled, prepared, and sequenced genomes for halophilic (salt tolerant) bacteria, collected from environmental samples in Northern California. One draft genome was successfully sequenced without contamination and was submitted to the NIH's genetics database. Two other genome scaffolds, though successfully sequenced, are high in suspected contamination and were not accepted by the NCBI. These possibly-contaminated scaffolds are provided as FASTA files in this Dryad database. Both samples were collected in September/October 2021. Researchers can freely access and use these scaffolds for any purpose, such as seeking to apply more advanced contamination detection and removal algorithms that are beyond the scope of the course.