Ramos-Silva, PaulaBrito, Patrícia HSerrano, MónicaHenriques, Adriano OPereira-Leal, José B2015-10-212015-10-212015-04-09Ramos-Silva P, Brito PH, Serrano M, Henriques AO, Pereira-Leal JB. 2015. Rethinking the niche of upper-atmosphere bacteria: draft genome sequences of Bacillus aryabhattai C765 and Bacillus aerophilus C772, isolated from rice fields. Genome Announc 3(2):e00094-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00094-15.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/417Here, we report two genome sequences of endospore-forming bacteria isolated from the rice fields of Comporta, Portugal, identified as Bacillus aryabhattai C765 and Bacillus aerophilus C772. Both species were previously identified in air samples from the upper atmosphere, but our findings suggest their presence in a wider range of environmental niches.engBacillus aryabhattai C765Bacillus aerophilus C772Bacteriajournal article10.1128/genomeA.00094-1510.1128/genomeA.00094-15