The settlement and metamorphosis of coral larvae are the bottleneck of coral recruitment. They are critical for the extension of coral population, which is the basis of the restoration of degraded coral reef ecosystem. In this study, we described the genomic characteristics of Metabacillus sp. cB07, which can efficiently induce larvae settlement and metamorphosis of coral Pocillopora damicornis. This function is first reported in the genus Metabacillus. Strain cB07 was isolated from the coral Porites pukoensis, and comprised one circular chromosome of 4,148,576 bp (44.14 mol% G + C content), containing 4148 protein coding sequences. To explore the potential mechanism of coral larvae settlement and metamorphosis induced by Metabacillus sp. cB07, we predicted that numerous genes related to the bacterial inductive ability. The genome of Metabacillus sp. cB07 will be helpful for further insights into the mechanism of bacterial induction of settlement and metamorphosis of coral larvae.

珊瑚幼虫的沉降和变态是珊瑚募集的瓶颈。它们对于珊瑚种群的扩展至关重要，这是恢复退化珊瑚礁生态系统的基础。在这项研究中，我们描述了Metabacillus sp.的基因组特征。cB07，可有效诱导珊瑚Pocillopora damicornis 的幼虫沉降和变态。这种功能首先在Metabacillus属中报道。菌株 cB07 是从珊瑚Porites pukoensis 中分离出来的，包含一条 4,148,576 bp（44.14 mol% G + C 含量）的环状染色体，包含 4148 个蛋白质编码序列。探讨珊瑚幼虫沉降和变态的潜在机制变形杆菌属 cB07，我们预测了许多与细菌诱导能力相关的基因。Metabacillus sp.的基因组。cB07 将有助于进一步了解细菌诱导珊瑚幼虫沉降和变态的机制。