Durrell, KimPrins, AlaricLe Roes-Hill, Marilize2017-10-102017-10-102017Durrell, K. et al. (2017). Draft genome sequence of Gordonia lacunae BS2T. Genome Announcements, 5(401): e00959-172169-8287https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00959-17http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3222We report here the draft genome sequence of the soil bacterium Gordonia lacunae BS2T ( DSM 45085T JCM 14873T NRRL B-24551T), isolated from an estuary in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Analysis of the draft genome revealed that more than 40% of the secondary metabolite biosynthetic genes encode new compounds.en© 2017 Durrell et al. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Genome sequenceGordonia lacunae BS2TSoil bacteriumArticle