American Society for Microbiology, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 20(9), 2020
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00342-20
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This is a report of two Bacillus safensis genomes sequenced from separate cultures isolated from the uterus of a 16-year-old Westphalian mare that aborted a dead fetus. This strain represents the first case of a B. safensis -associated equine abortion and the first case of infection caused by this bacterium.