Complete and Draft Genome Sequences of 52 Bacillus and Priestia Strains Isolated from West African Fermentations and 26 Reference Strains from a Public Culture Collection.

The whole genomes of 78 Bacillus and Priestia strains isolated from West African fermented foods ( n  = 52) or acquired from a public culture collection ( n  = 26) were sequenced using long-read sequencing and assembled into draft ( n  = 32) and complete ( n  = 46) genomes, allowing comparative genomics and taxonomic assignment of these strains with putative uses in fermented foods.